1945 - Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) (72)
1945 - Mike Kogel (Los Bravos) (72)
1944 - Ronnie Gilbert (Blues Magoos) (71)
1947 - Michael Brown (Left Banke) (68)
1948 - Steve Ferrone (Average White Band) (67)
1958 - Derek Dick (aka Fish) (Marillion) (59)
1962 - Maya Gilder (Furniture) (55)
1964 - Andy Bell (Erasure) (53)
1965 - Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction) (52)
1965 - Rory Lee Feek (Joey + Rory) (52)
1977 - Matthew West (40)
1980 - Jacob Underwood (O-Town) (37)
Deaths:
1974 - Pam Courson (companion of Jim Morrison who found his body in 1971) - Drug overdose (27)
1988 - Carolyn Franklin (sister of Aretha Franklin) - Breast cancer (43)
1999 - Roger Troutman (Zapp) - Shooting (47)
2002 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (TLC) - Auto accident (30)
2007 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Leukemia (69)
On This Day:
1961 - Elvis Presley makes his last stage appearance until the comeback special in Hawaii.
1967 - The Beatles go back in the studio just a few days after completing Sgt. Pepper to record Magical Mystery Tour. They also perform All You Need is Love on a global broadcast.
1970 - Members of Pacific Gas & Electric were shot at while leaving a club in Raleigh, NC.
1974 - Gregg Allman played the last night of a solo tour followed by a surprise 90-minute encore with the rest of the Allman Brothers.
1977 - The last recording of Elvis Presley was made during a show in Saginaw, MI.
1979 - The Ramones movie, Rock & Roll High School, premiered.
1979 - The Police made their debut on the BBC's Top of the Pops.
1980 - Hugh Cornwall of the Stranglers was released from prison after a six-week stint for drug possession.
1984 - Wings broke up.
1985 - Roger Miller's Broadway show, Big River, opens.
1988 - Doc McGee, manager of Bon Jovi, was convicted for his part in the smuggling of 40,000 pounds of marijuana into the U.S.
1994 - Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys was sentenced to 200 hours of community service for attacking a TV cameraman.
1994 - Michael Bolton loses in court in a case where his Love is a Wonderful Thing is determined to sound too much like the Isley Brothers song of the same name.
1997 - U2's Pop Mart tour started in Las Vegas.
1997 - Warren Haynes and Allen Woody quit the Allman Brothers to spend more time on Gov't Mule.
2000 - Eric Clapton and Bobby Whitlock are reunited for the first time in 29 years on the BBC's Live with Jools Holland.
2003 - Nina Simone was buried in Carry-Le-Rouet, France.
2003 - The parents of Jim Morrison sued Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and Ian Astbury for misappropriation of the Doors name and logo.
2003 - Styx and Kelly Clarkson cancel shows in Toronto due to the spreading SARS virus.
2004 - Ringo Starr had an operation for bone spurs in his shoulder.
2004 - Billy Joel drove his car into a house on Long Island.
2004 - Michael Jackson's legal team quit.
2005 - Bruce Springsteen opened his Devils & Dust tour in Detroit, MI
2008 - Mariah Carey became the first person ever to be saluted on the side of the Empire State Building when it was lit up in lavender, pink and white.
2008 - Phil Collins announced his retirement from drumming due to medical problems.
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