Events in Music
Music Concert
1974-08-16 Ramones concert debut (NYC's CBGBs)
- 1979-08-24 Musical film "Rock 'n' Roll High School" directed by Allan Arkush featuring the Ramones is released in NYC (released throughout the US 20 days later)
- 1983-08-15 Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone beaten in fight, and undergoes brain surgery
- 1990-09-27 Dee Dee Ramone arrested on marijuana possession
- 1996-08-06 Punk rock band the Ramones perform for the last time at the Palace in Hollywood
Birthdays in Music
Johnny Ramone
1948-10-08 Johnny Ramone [Cummings], American punk rock guitarist and songwriter (Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"), born in Long Island, New York (d. 2004)
- 1949-01-29 Tommy Ramone [Tamás Erdélyi], Hungarian-American rock drummer and bassist (Ramones), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2014)
- 1951-05-19 Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman], American punk rock singer and musician (The Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"; Blitzkrieg Bop"; solo -"What a Wonderful World") (d. 2001)
- 1951-09-18 Dee Dee Ramone [Douglas Colvin], rock bassist (Ramones), born in Fort Lee, Virginia (d. 2002)
- 1955-11-24 Elvis Ramone [Clement Bozewski], American drummer (The Ramones, August 1987), born in Bayonne, New Jersey
- 1957-08-11 Richie Ramone [Richard Reinhardt], American rock drummer (Ramones), born in Passaic, New Jersey
- 1962-05-06 Adam Yellin, American sound engineer and record producer (The Ramones), born in New York City
- 1965-10-08 C. J. Ramone [Christopher Ward], American rock bassist, and vocalist (The Ramones, 1989-95 - "Scattergun"), born in Queens, New York
Deaths in Music
- 2001-04-15 Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman], American punk rock singer and musician (The Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"; Blitzkrieg Bop"; solo -"What a Wonderful World"), dies of lymphoma at 49
- 2002-06-05 Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones), dies of a heroin overdose at 51
Johnny Ramone
2004-09-15 Johnny Ramone, American lead guitarist of the punk rock band The Ramones, dies of prostate cancer at 55
- 2007-10-30 Linda Stein, Ramones manager and real estate broker, murdered by her personal assistant at 62
- 2013-03-30 Phil Ramone [Rabinowitz], American 14-time Grammy Award-winning music producer (Burt Bacharach; Paul Simon; Billy Joel; Tony Bennett), and studio owner (co-founded A&R Recording), dies from an aortic aneurysm at 79
- 2014-07-11 Tommy Ramone [Tamás Erdélyi], Hungarian-American rock drummer and bassist (Ramones), dies of bile duct cancer at 65