Musician Birthdays: Dionne Warwick (singer/songwriter, born in 1940), Dicky Betts (guitarist of Allman Brothers, solo career, born in 1943)

– In 1955: Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley all appeared at the National Guard Armory, Armory, Mississippi.

– In 1957: Still married to his first wife Jane Mitcham, Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his 13-year old second cousin Myra Gale Brown.

– In 1963: The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’, the group’s third No.1 (and first Amercan No.1) and this year’s UK Christmas No.1.

– In 1967: Rolling Stone Brian Jones was given 3 years probation and a £1,000 fine for drug offences. Three psychiatrists agreed that Jones was an extremely frightened young man with suicidal tendencies.

– In 1970: The Doors played what would be their last ever live show with Jim Morrison when they played at the Warehouse in New Orleans.

– In 1985: Dionne Warwick received a star on ‘Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame’.

– In 1985: Scottish keyboard player Ian Stewart died of a heart attack in his doctor’s Harley Street waiting room in London. Co-founder of The Rolling Stones (Stewart was the first to respond to Brian Jones’s advertisement in Jazz News of 2 May 1962 seeking musicians to form a rhythm & blues group). Stewart was dismissed from the line-up by the band’s manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, in May 1963 but remained as road manager and piano player. He played on all The Rolling Stones albums between 1964 and 1983, except for Beggars Banquet. Also played piano on Led Zeppelin’s ‘Rock and Roll’ and ‘Boogie With Stu’ from Physical Graffiti.

– In 1987: George Michael started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Faith’.

– In 1992: Whitney Houston started a twenty-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘The Bodyguard’.

– In 2003: Mick Jagger became a Sir after being knighted by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. Jagger’s 92-year-old father was at the Palace to see his son receive the award.

– In 2007: Ike Turner, the former husband of Tina Turner died at the age of 76 at his home near San Diego, California. Turner who was a prolific session guitarist and piano player is credited by many music historians with making the first rock ‘n’ roll record in 1951. After marrying Tina Turner in 1959, the pair released a string of hits including the Phil Spector produced ‘River Deep Mountain High.’

– In 2008: The town where Mick Jagger and Keith Richards grew up announced it was to name streets in a new estate after Rolling Stones hits. The 13 streets in Dartford, Kent, were to be given names such as Angie Mews, Babylon Close, Sympathy Street, Little Red Walk and Satisfaction Street. Leader of the council, Jeremy Kite, said he thought Ruby Tuesday Drive sounded a “fantastic” place to live, but police were concerned the street signs might be stolen by fans.