1958 - Manager George Treadwell fired all of the members of the Drifters and replaced them with Ben E. King and the Five Crowns.
1969 - Spencer Davis disbands the Spencer Davis Group.
1972 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were arrested in Warwick, RI after fighting a photographer.
1974 - David Bowie completed his Diamond Dogs tour.
1976 - Deep Purple broke up.
1978 - The Dead Kennedys play their first concert in San Francisco, CA.
1980 - David Bowie opened in the play The Elephant Man in Denver, CO.
1981 - In Odessa, TX, it was Roy Orbison Day.
1983 - Simon & Garfunkel started a summer tour in Akron, OH.
1987 - Bruce Springsteen performed behind the iron curtain for the first time in East Berlin, Germany.
1989 - James Brown was moved to a medium security prison after $40,000 was found in his jail cell.
1990 - Vicki Carr sang at the opening of the Nixon Library for four presidents, all of which she had previously sung for while they were in the White House.
1991 - Steven Adler filed a suit against Guns N' Roses claiming he was fraudulently removed from the group and, during his time with them, they introduced him to hard drugs.
1991 - The breaks failed on Dotty West's car, causing her to hit a wall. She sustained only minor injuries.
1995 - Dr. George Nichopolous, who became famous for his liberal dispensing of drugs to Elvis Presley, finally loses his medical license.
1996 - The Spice Girls debuted on Top of the Pops.
1999 - Weird Al Yankovic starts his Running With Scissors tour in Green Bay, WI.
2002 - It's Solomon Burke Day in Philadelphia, PA.
2003 - Jermaine Jackson told the press that Michael Jackson would reunite with his brothers for an album and tour.
2010 - Ozzy Osborne and Tony Iommi finally settled their dispute over the ownership of the name Black Sabbath.
Marriages
1966 - Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow
1971 - Roger Daltrey (Who) and Heather Taylor
2014 - Adam Levine (Maroon 5) and Behati Prinsloo
Recorded
1949 - Harry Belafonte has his first recording session at Capitol Studios.
Released
1954 - That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis Presley (debut on Sun Records)
1975 - Dance With Me - Orleans (single)
1977 - Moody Blue - Elvis Presley
1982 - Donna Summer - Donna Summer
1994 - Portrait of an American Family - Marilyn Manson (debut)
1999 - Long Tall Weekend - They Might Be Giants (mp3 release only)
Broadcasts
1957 - Alan Freed's The Big Beat - Chuck Berry, Andy Williams, Frankie Lymon, Bobby Darin
1960 - American Bandstand - Bryan Hyland
1961 - American Bandstand - Al Martino, Edsels
1962 - American Bandstand - Duane Eddy
1965 - Where the Action Is - Sir Douglas Quintet, Jackie & Gayle, Linda Scott, Steve Alaimo, Paul Revere & the Raiders
1966 - Where the Action Is - Percy Sledge, Knickerbockers, Tina Mason
1969 - American Bandstand - Andy Kim, Peppermint Rainbow
1969 - Johnny Cash - Ed Ames, Roy Clark, Monkees, Joni Mitchell
1974 - Midnight Special - Helen Reddy (host), Peter Allen, Brownsville Station, Janis Ian, Dave Loggins, Paul Williams
1975 - American Bandstand - Melissa Manchester, Bazuka
1980 - American Bandstand - Temptations
1986 - American Bandstand - Bananarama
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1947 - Peg o' My Heart - Harmonicats (3 weeks (1 previous week))
1975 - Listen to What the Man Said - Wings (1 week)
1980 - It's Still Rock and Roll To Me - Billy Joel (2 weeks)
1986 - Invisible Touch - Genesis (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
1958 - The Music Man - Original Cast (1 week (11 previous weeks at number 1))
1975 - Venus and Mars - Wings (1 week)
1986 - Winner in You - Patti LaBelle (1 week)
1997 - The Fat of the Land - Prodigy (1 week)
2003 - Chapter II - Ashanti (2 weeks)
2008 - Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne (2 weeks (1 previous week at number 1))
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
1969 - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & the All-Stars (2 weeks)
1975 - Fight the Power (Part 1) - Isley Brothers (3 weeks)
Birthdays 
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