Musician Birthdays: Eartha Kitt (US singer/songwriter/actress, also famous for playing Catwoman on Batman TV series, born in 1927), Mick Taylor (guitarist for John Mayall & The Blues Breakers, the Rolling Stones, born in 1948), Steve Earle (US Singer/Songwriter, born in 1955), Susanna Hoffs (singer/guitarist of the Bangles, born in 1959), Kid Rock (US Singer/songwriter/rapper, born in 1971)

– In 1963: The Beatles played at the Cavern Club at lunchtime and in the evening played at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead. At the Majestic, every ticket had been sold in advance, leaving 500 disappointed fans waiting outside.

– In 1964: The Rolling Stones released their first EP, which included, ‘You Better Move On’, ‘Poison Ivy’, ‘Bye Bye Johnny’ and ‘Money’. It peaked at No.15 on the UK chart.

– In 1966: NBC-TV in the US bought The Monkees series, placing it on their 1966 autumn schedule.

– In 1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded a session for Radio Luxembourg’s Ready Steady Radio. The band ran up a bar bill of £2.5 shillings, ($6.21), which they were unable to pay.

– In 1969: Led Zeppelin I, the band’s debut album, was released in the US, coinciding with the band’s first headlining US concert tour. It was to peak at No. 10 in the US chart, and at No. 6 in the UK. The RIAA in the US has now certified it as having sold over 10 million copies in the US alone.

– In 1970: The Doors played the first of four shows at the Felt Forum in New York City. The shows were recorded for the bands forthcoming ‘Absolutely Live’ album.

– In 1975: Television and Blondie appeared at GBGB’s, New York City.

– In 1976: Barry Manilow scored his second US No.1 single with ‘I Write The Songs’, written by Beach Boy Bruce Johnson.

– In 1981: Mötley Crüe formed when bass guitarist Nikki Sixx left the band London and began rehearsing with drummer Tommy Lee and vocalist, guitarist Greg Leon, (who later left). Sixx and Lee then added guitarist Bob “Mick Mars” Deal. Vince Neil accepted an offer to join (after turning them down) in April of this year.

– In 1998: Savage Garden started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Truly Madly Deeply’.

– In 2003: A long-lost recording featuring John Lennon and Mick Jagger was set to spark a biding war at a London auction. The acetate record was recorded in 1974 with Jagger singing the blues song ‘Too Many Cooks’ and Lennon playing guitar. The track had never been release because the two artists were both signed to different record companies.

– In 2008: The Police played the first nine dates in Australian and New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand, on their 152-date Reunion tour.