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On This Day in Eagle Classic Hitstory...

December 28

1939
Saxophonist Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers is born in New Orleans.

1946
Johnny’s younger brother Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas. His group went to No. 1 in 1973 with "Frankenstein."
Happy Birthday Edgar Winter!

1950
Alex Chilton, lead singer of the Box Tops, and leader of Big Star, is born in Memphis, Tenn.
The Box Tops "The Letter"

1955
Drifters singer Clyde McPhatter's first solo hit, "Seven Days," enters the R&B chart. It will peak at #3 and go on to #44 on the pop chart next year."

1963
In today's New Yorker is an interview with Beatles manager Brian Epstein. It's the first serious press the Beatles have received in the United States.

1968
The Doors' "Touch Me" is released.
The Doors "Touch Me"

1968
The Miami Festival, the first big rock festival held on the east coast, gets under way in Hallendale, Florida. Tickets go for six and seven dollars and 100,000 people show-up at the three day event. Those appearing include Jose Feliciano, Procul Harem, Three Dog Night, Chuck Berry, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, the Turtles, and Canned Heat.

1968
Led Zeppelin play their first ever gig in Canada at Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum supporting Vanilla Fudge and the MC5.

1971
Keith Moon emcees a concert for one of his favorite acts, Fifties revivalists, Sha Na Na at New York's famed Carnegie Hall.

1972
Mick and Bianca Jagger arrive in Managua, Nicaragua to search for Bianca's mother in the wake of an earthquake that has devastated the city. They bring with them medical supplies. Bianca's mother is eventually found safe and well.

1975
Ted Nugent, known for gun-toting hunting epics in his native Michigan, ends up looking at the wrong end of the barrel at a show in Spokane, Washington. Twenty-five year old David Gelfer points a .44 magnum at the Nugent and is then brought down to the ground by members of the audience and security guards. Gelfer is charged with "intimidating with a weapon."
Ted Nugent on gun control...

1979
The Who, Pretenders, Specials and others perform at the third of four shows for the people of Kampuchea.
Queen "'39" at the Concert for Kampuchea 1979

1983
Beach Boy Dennis Wilson drowns in Marina Del Rey. He was 39.

1987
Warner/Elektra/Asylum follows the lead set by RCA last month and raises its list price for 45 rpm singles to $1.99.

1991
Nine fans are crushed to death at a charity basketball game in New York that was to feature Heavy D., Boys II Men and Run-D.M.C. Two thousand people tried to cram into a gym that was built for a few hundred.

1992
Paul Simon and wife Edie Brickell have a baby, Adrian Edward Simon.

1998
Singer Ronnie Hammond of the Atlanta Rhythm Section is shot in the chest by a Macon police after allegedly lunging at an officer with a broken guitar handle and a hammer. Police were responding to reports that the singer was trying to commit suicide. Hammond makes a full recovery. This was the second incident with the police for Hammond. On December 9, 1998, police responded to an earlier suicide attempt.

1999
Two months after Los Lobos guitarist Cesar Rosas' wife disappeared, her half-brother Gabriel Gomez pleads not guilty to her kidnapping and murder.

1999
Puff Daddy holds a press conference to protest his innocence on a stolen weapon charge. He claims to have nothing to do with a New York club shooting that left three people injured.

2000
Waylon Jennings kicks off a three-day estate sale at his Dixon, Ill., home after the country star decides to move to Arizona. Among the goods on sale are a customized black Cadillac, knives and guns from his personal collection and a motorcycle that used to belong to Buddy Holly.

2003
The Who's Pete Townshend tells a London newspaper he contemplated suicide after police arrested him for accessing a kiddie porn website. Charges were later dropped.

2003
In an interview with 60 Minutes, Michael Jackson denies allegations of child abuse, saying, "Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists." He also claims he was roughed up by the Santa Barbara police after he turned himself in to face charges earlier this month.wQwY4ll1Kfc

2004
U2's Bono is the guest editor for the day on BBC Radio 4's flagship news program, Today. Among the features, British chancellor Gordon Brown addresses the problem of world poverty and a report traces Riverdance's Islamic roots.

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