1927 - Leon Rausch (Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys) (88)
1933 - Dave Somerville (Diamonds) (d. 2015)
1939 - Lolly Vasquez (Redbone) (d. 2010)
1945 - Don McLean (72)
1946 - Ron Meagher (Beau Brummels) (71)
1948 - Chris LeDoux (d. 2005)
1949 - Richard Hell (Television, Richard Hell & the Voidoids) (68)
1950 - Mike Rutherford (Genesis, Mike + the Mechanics) (67)
1951 - Sting (born Gordon Sumner) (66)
1952 - John Otway (65)
1954 - Greg Jennings (Restless Heart) (63)
1955 - Philip Oakley (Human Leagues) (62)
1956 - Freddie Jackson (61)
1958 - Robbie Nevil (59)
1962 - Sigtryggur Baldursson (Sugarcubes) (55)
1962 - Claude McKnight (Take 6) (55)
1967 - Gillian Welch (50)
1967 - Bud Gaugh (Sublime) (50)
1968 - Kelly Willis (49)
1969 - Badly Drawn Boy (born Damon Gough) (48)
1970 - Dion Allen (Az Yet) (47)
1971 - Tiffany (46)
1971 - James Root (Slipknot) (46)
1973 - Lene (born Lene Nystrøm) (Aqua) (44)
1973 - LaTocha Scott (Xscape) (44)
1973 - Proof (born DeShaun Holton) (D12) (d. 2006)
1974 - Sam Roberts (43)
1976 - Mandisa (born Mandisa Hundley) (41)
1982 - George Pettit (Alexisonfire) (35)
1988 - Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes) (29)
Deaths
1987 - Ted Taylor (Cadets) - Car accident (53)
1998 - Gene Autrey - Lymphoma (91)
2012 - Big Jim Sullivan - Heart disease and diabetes (71)
On This Day
1928 - DeFord Bailey cut eight sides in Nashville, TN. They were the first recording made in what would eventually be called Music City U.S.A.
1954 - Elvis Presley made his only appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
1955 - Earl Scruggs was involved in a serious car accident.
1964 - Brian Epstein's book, A Cellar of Noise, is published.
1965 - Manfred Mann entered the Soviet Union to become the first western rock band allowed to tour in the communist country.
1967 - All of the members of the Grateful Dead were arrested for marijuana possession at their San Francisco home.
1968 - Holland/Dozier/Holland were sued by Motown for breach of contract with the label saying the songwriting team hadn't written anything since late-1967.
1977 - The bodies of Elvis Presley and his mother Gladys were moved to Graceland after an unsuccessful attempt to steal the singer's body.
1980 - Leaveil Degree of the Whispers started a two-year jail sentence for his part in a diamond robbery.
1981 - Terry Hall, Neville Staples and Lynval Golding left the Specials to form Fun Boy Three.
1982 - Peter Gabriel and Steve Hacket performed with Genesis to benefit Gabriel's WOMAD project in Buckinghamshire, England.
1983 - Agnetha Faltskog from ABBA was involved in a car accident and was hospitalized for a concussion.
1985 - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band ended their Born in the U.S.A. tour in Los Angeles.
1985 - The movie Sweet Dreams, the life story of Patsy Cline, opened.
1986 - The Everly Brothers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1994 - John Mellencamp announced that he had recently had a heart attack.
1994 - Stan Lynch played for the last time with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
1995 - Journey announced they were reforming.
1996 - A Pearl Jam concert in Hartford, CT ended with a riot.
1999 - John Paul Jones played his first solo concert in Galway, Ireland.
2001 - Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York with Alanis Morissette, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots, the Dave Mathews Band and host Kevin Spacey.
2002 - A judge ruled that Adam Ant would not be jailed for threatening bar patrons in London with a replica gun due to mental illness.
2002 - Robbie Williams signed what was, at the time, the biggest record contract in British history (￡80 million).
2003 - John Mellencamp received the Woody Guthrie Award.
2003 - Courtney Love was hospitalized for a suspected drug overdose after she was picked up outside the scene of a robbery at her former manager's house.
2003 - Atom Willard, formerly of Rocket From the Crypt, becomes the new drummer for the Offspring.
2006 - The man who shot Marc Cohn in the head during a carjacking is sentenced to 36 years in prison.
2007 - Britney Spears was ordered by a judge to turn her two children over to former husband Kevin Federline.
2010 - Farm Aid 2010 was held in Milwaukee, WI with Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Neil Young, Jeff Tweedy, Kenny Chesney, Jason Mraz, Norah Jones, Band of Horses, Amos Lee, Robert Francis and The BoDeans.
2012 - Darius Rucker was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry by Brad Paisley.
2013 - The Band Perry and Fall Out Boy shoot an edition of CMT Crossroads.
Marriages
1970 - Donovan and Linda Lawrence
1971 - Bill Anderson and Becky Stegall Davis
1977 - Kenny Rogers and Marianne Gordon
1999 - Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20) and Marisol Maldonado
2004 - Billy Joel and Kate Lee
Divorces
2000 - Paul Anka and Anne Anka (filed)
Recorded
1957 - Who's Sorry Now - Connie Francis
Released
1957 - Bony Maronie - Larry Williams (single)
1961 - Oh Yeah Maybe Baby - Crystals (first single on Phil Spector & Lester Sills' Philles label)
1961 - Volume II - Joan Baez
1972 - Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Guests
1976 - Tonight's the Night - Rod Stewart (single)
2000 - Kid A - Radiohead
Awards
2003 - International Bluegrass Music Awards
Entertainer of the Year - Del McCoury Band
Broadcasts
1965 - Shindig! - Who, Four Tops, Gerry & the Pacemakers
1976 - Saturday Night Live - Joe Cocker
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1965 - Hang on Sloopy - McCoys
1971 - Maggie May / Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart (5 weeks)
1982 - Jack & Diane - John Cougar (4 weeks)
2010 - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars (4 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
1971 - Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart (4 weeks)
1999 - Ruff Ryders' First Lady - Eve (1 week)
2004 - Suit - Nelly (1 week)
2010 - A Thousand Sons - Linkin Park (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
1943 - Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (1 week)
1948 - Corn Bread - Hal Singer Sextette (4 weeks)
1948 - Late Freight - Sonny Thompson Quintet (1 week)
1961 - Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles (5 weeks)
1971 - Make It Funky (Part 1) - James Brown (2 weeks)
1982 - Love Come Down - Evelyn "Champagne" King (5 weeks)
1999 - We Can't Be Friends - Deborah Cox Featuring R.L. (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles
1961 - Tender Years - George Jones (2 weeks)
1965 - Only You (Can Break My Heart) - Buck Owens (1 week)
1971 - Easy Loving - Freddie Hart (2 weeks)
1976 - Here's Some Love - Tanya Tucker (1 week)
1982 - Put Your Dreams Away - Mickey Gilley (1 week)
1993 - Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up) - Garth Brooks (1 week (1 previous week))
Number Ones – U.K. Singles
1982 - Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth (3 weeks)
2010 - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars (1 week)
Number Ones – U.K. Albums
1971 - Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart (4 weeks)
1976 - Best of the Stylistics Volume 2 - Stylistics (1 week)
1982 - Love Over Gold - Dire Straits (4 weeks)
1993 - Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell - Meat Loaf (1 week (1 previous week))
Birthdays
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