2015Leonard Nimoy dies at age 83. The actor, best known for playing Spock on Star Trek, also made a musical impact: His albums Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space and Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy both charted in the US (#83 and #97, respectively), and his voice was sampled in the Information Society hit "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)."
1993Whitney Houston's single "I Will Always Love You" reaches its 14th week at #1, a new record. In 1995, this record is broken by "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men.
1980Michael Jackson wins his first Grammy: Best R&B Performance for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough." Other winners include Donna Summer (Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Hot Stuff"), Earth, Wind & Fire(Best R&B Group Vocal Performance for "After the Love Has Gone"), and The Doobie Brothers (Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "What A Fool Believes").
1971Janis Joplin's album Pearl hits #1 in the US, where it stays for nine weeks. Joplin died of a heroin overdose three months before the album was released.
1954Neal Schon is born on an Air Force base in Oklahoma. The guitarist does time in Santana before founding the groups Journey and Bad English.
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2016Twenty One Pilots' "Stressed Out" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stays for one week. It's the duo's first foray into the Top 10.
2015Glam Rock pioneer Gary Glitter, 70, is sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually assaulting three schoolgirls in the '70s and '80s.More
2015R&B singer Charmayne Maxwell (of Brownstone) dies in a freak accident at age 46 when she falls on a broken wine glass and cuts her neck.
2013Richard Street, singer with The Monitors and The Temptations, dies at age 70.
2011Blues musician Eddie Kirkland dies at age 87.
2001Carlos Santana (Santana) returns to the Mexican town where he grew up, Autlan De Navarro, for the first time in 46 years. A statue honor of Carlos and his father, mariachi player Jose Santana, is unveiled.
2000The Beach Boys: An American Family TV mini-series begins on ABC, chronicling the rise of the title band.
1999Vince Gill plays "How Great Thou Art" on the dobro at the Grand Ole Opry in honor of dobro legend Brother Oswald.
1998Motley Crue member Vince Neil, not to be outdone by Tommy Lee, announces an agreement with Internet Entertainment Group and Vivid Video to distribute a 60-minute home video of him having sex with two adult film models while on vacation in Hawaii.
1996Bad Religion release their ninth full-length studio album, The Gray Race. This is the first Bad Religion album to feature Brian Baker on guitar, replacing Brett Gurewitz, who left the band two years earlier.
1995PJ Harvey releases her first solo album, To Bring You My Love, after the demise of her eponymous trio. The album includes her mainstream US breakthrough, "Down By The Water."
1991James Brown is released on parole from a South Carolina prison after serving two years of a six-year sentence on drug and assault charges.
1984The Jacksons' Pepsi commercial premieres on MTV.
1981Josh Groban is born in Los Angeles.
1977Keith Richards is arrested for heroin possession in Toronto.
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Jamie Foxx Wins An Oscar For Ray
2005
Jamie Foxx wins a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the movie Ray.
Directed by Taylor Hackford, Ray is a biographical drama about R&B legend Ray Charles and chronicles his childhood in Florida, during which he became completely blind by age seven, and his rise to fame during the '50s and '60s with songs like "I Got A Woman," "Georgia On My Mind," and "Hit The Road Jack."
Comedian-turned-dramatic actor Jamie Foxx embodied the role by studying Ray's mannerisms, attending classes at the Braille Institute, and wearing special eye prosthetics that would essentially render him blind for up to 14 hours a day. He already knew how to play the piano, but spent hours mimicking Ray's fingering technique. The only thing he didn't do was sing: That was all Ray. The 73-year-old performer encouraged the filmmakers to portray him honestly, as a flawed man who struggled with heroin addiction and had a penchant for womanizing. He was able to attend the screening for the first edit of the film, but died of liver failure two months before the premiere.
All of Foxx's hard work pays off at the 77th Academy Awards, where he wins Best Actor over nominees Leonardo DiCaprio, Don Cheadle, Johnny Depp, and Clint Eastwood. (Foxx is also nominated as Best Supporting Actor for the crime thriller Collateral, but loses to Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby.)
Comedian-turned-dramatic actor Jamie Foxx embodied the role by studying Ray's mannerisms, attending classes at the Braille Institute, and wearing special eye prosthetics that would essentially render him blind for up to 14 hours a day. He already knew how to play the piano, but spent hours mimicking Ray's fingering technique. The only thing he didn't do was sing: That was all Ray. The 73-year-old performer encouraged the filmmakers to portray him honestly, as a flawed man who struggled with heroin addiction and had a penchant for womanizing. He was able to attend the screening for the first edit of the film, but died of liver failure two months before the premiere.
All of Foxx's hard work pays off at the 77th Academy Awards, where he wins Best Actor over nominees Leonardo DiCaprio, Don Cheadle, Johnny Depp, and Clint Eastwood. (Foxx is also nominated as Best Supporting Actor for the crime thriller Collateral, but loses to Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby.)
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