2000 Madonna denies tabloid reports that a routine scan shows she is expecting a baby boy. “I don’t know the sex of my baby,” she says in a statement.
1998 Despite his reputation for melodic pop, Andrea Bocelli makes a firm move toward dedicating his career to opera when he performs for Bill and Hillary Clinton. Bocelli performs a concert of popular operatic arias with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
1993 Saxophonist Steve Douglas dies of heart failure in Los Angeles during a recording session with Ry Cooder. He was 55. His career began in high school with friend Phil Spector and included early stints with Ritchie Valens and Duane Eddy & the Rebels, with whom he played a solo on their classic “Peter Gunn.” As a session musician, he played on such hits as “Da Doo Ron Ron” and “Be My Baby.”
1989 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Like a Prayer,” Madonna.
1970 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “ABC,” The Jackson 5. The song is the group’s second consecutive No. 1 single.
1960 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Stuck on You,” Elvis Presley. The song is Presley’s first to be released in stereo and his first since being released from the Army.
1956 Clyde McPhatter of the Drifters is released from the U.S. Armed Forces.
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