1941 - General Norman Johnson (Chairman of the Board) (d. 2010)
1945 - Misty Morgan (Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan) (72)
1946 - Danny Klein (J. Geils Band) (71)
1946 - Ruth Underwood (born Ruth Komanoff) (Mother's of Invention) (71)
1947 - Bill Hunt (Electric Light Orchestra) (70)
1951 - Judy Rodman (66)
1952 - James Mankey (Concrete Blonde) (65)
1953 - Rick Fenn (10cc) (64)
1955 - Luka Bloom (62)
1957 - Jimmy McShane (Baltimora) (d. 1995)
1958 - Shelly West (59)
1967 - Junior Waite (Musical Youth) (50)
1967 - Phil Selway (Radiohead) (50)
1972 - Brian McComas (45)
1973 - Maxwell (born Gerald Rivera) (44)
1974 - Jewel (born Jewel Kilcher) (43)
1975 - K.T. Tunstall (42)
1978 - Scott Raynor (blink-182) (39)
1981 - Gwenno Saunders (Pipettes) (36)
1983 - Heidi Range (Sugarbabes) (34)
Deaths:
1975 - "Moms" Mabley - Heart failure (81)
2005 - Clifford Antone (ran Austin club Antone's) (56)
On This Date:
1960 - Merle Kilgore made his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
1964 - Ella Fitzgerald had the first hit with a Beatles cover when Can't Buy Me Love reached #34 in the U.K.
1970 - The Grateful Dead played outside the U.S. for the first time in Lyme, England.
1971 - Iron Butterfly broke up.
1973 - The Jefferson Airplane were barred from playing Golden Gate Park in San Francisco after the city council banned electric instruments in public concerts.
1974 - George Harrison announced the start of Dark Horse records.
1978 - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band started the Darkness Tour in Buffalo, NY.
1979 - Tom Petty filed for bankruptcy over a $575,000 dispute with his record company.
1982 - In the U.K., the musicians union tried to ban synthesizers and drum machines.
1987 - Beastie Boys and Run-DMC opened a U.K. tour in London.
1992 - It was announced that Freddie Mercury left the majority of his estate to long-time friend Mary Austin.
2000 - A statement was released saying Noel Gallagher had left Oasis' European tour.
2000 - Billy Corgan announced that Smashing Pumpkins would break up at the end of the year.
2002 - Madonna opened on London's West End in Up For Grabs.
2002 - Buddy Guy was the big winner at the W.C. Handy Awards.
2002 - U2's Walk On won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song while Mick Hucknall won for Best Song Collection and Kate Bush was given Outstanding Contribution to British Music.
2006 - Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were given the Polar Music Prize in Sweden.
2010 - Ferlin Husky, Billy Sherrill, Don Williams and Jimmy Dean were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
2014 - The parents of the camera assistant killed on the set of the Gregg Allman biopic sued Allman and the film's director for wrongful death.
Weddings:
2004 - Michelle Branch and Teddy Landau
Recorded:
1940 - I'll Never Smile Again - Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey and the Pied Pipers
1960 - Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers
1967 - See Emily Play - Pink Floyd (group's second single)
Released:
1966 - Paperback Writer/Rain - Beatles (single)
1969 - Tommy - Who
1979 - Dynasty - KISS
2000 - The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
2010 - Exile on Main St. - Rolling Stones (re-release)
Number Ones - U.S. Singles:
1960 - Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers (5 weeks)
1998 - My All - Mariah Carey (1 week)
Number Ones - U.S. Albums:
1970 - McCartney - Paul McCartney (3 weeks)
1992 - Totally Krossed Out - Kris Kross (1 week)
1998 - The Limited Series - Garth Brooks (2 weeks)
Births: 
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