1952 - Hughie Thomasson (Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007)
1958 - Feargal Sharkey (Undertones) (59)
1959 - Michael Bradley (Undertones) (58)
1959 - Mark Nevin (Fairground Attraction) (58)
1959 - Danny Bonaduce (Partridge Family, DJ) (58)
1963 - Tigg Ketler (Bang Tango) (54)
1964 - Ian Haughland (Europe) (53)
1973 - Andy Griggs (44)
1978 - Mike Melancon (Emerson Drive) (39)
1984 - James Morrison (33)
1984 - Baby Blue (33)
Deaths
1971 - King Curtis (born Curtis Ousley) - Murdered (37)
1982 - Joe Tex (born Joseph Arrington, Jr.) - Heart attack (47)
2003 - Ed Townshend (74)
2013 - Tompall Glaser (79)
2013 - Jon Brookes (Charlatans) - Brain cancer (44)
On This Day
1938 - Robert Johnson played at a roadhouse in Greenwood, MS. Legend says he was poisoned by a jealous husband after the show, causing his death three days later.
1965 - The Jefferson Airplane played their first live show at the Matrix Club in San Francisco.
1965 - Mike Smith of the Dave Clark Five received two broken ribs when he was pulled off of the stage at a Chicago show by fans.
1965 - The Beatles arrived in New York to start a U.S. tour.
1967 - The Jackson 5 won a talent competition at the Apollo Theatre in London.
1967 - The DAR stopped a show by Joan Baez at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, citing her opposition to the Vietnam War. She instead played a free concert at the Washington Monument.
1971 - John Lennon left Britain for the last time, flying from London to New York.
1975 - Bruce Springsteen played the first of five nights at the Bottom Line in the shows that would forge his reputation among music critics.
1976 - The Clash are introduced to the press for the first time at a rehearsal hall in London.
1977 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive announced they were splitting up.
1980 - Todd Rundgren was tied up and his house burglarized in Woodstock, NY.
1985 - Sting opened his first solo tour in San Diego, CA.
1988 - Willie Nelson's Stardust logged its 520th week on the Billboard Country Albums chart, the first to ever spend ten years on the tally.
1990 - Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed when he was struck by a lighting rig before a concert in Brooklyn, NY.
1994 - Members of Oasis and the Verve were arrested after damaging a hotel bar and breaking into a church to steal wine.
1999 - Slash was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend.
2002 - Adam Ant pleaded guilty in a January incident where he damaged a London pub and threatened patrons with a starter pistol.
2004 - Guitarist Wes Borland rejoined Limp Bizkit.
2011 - Seven people were killed and 45 injured when high winds caused the stage to collapse at the Indiana State Fair. Sara Bareilles and Sugarland were scheduled to perform.
2011 - Farm Aid 2011 was held in Kansas City, Kansas with Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Jason Mraz, Jamey Johnson, Jakob Dylan, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Will Dailey & the Rivals, Billy Joe Shaver, Robert Francis, Ray Price, Rebecca Pidgeon, Hearts of Darkness, John Trudell and The Blackwood Quartet.
Marriages
1988 - Robert Smith (Cure) and Mary Poole
Divorces
1996 - Alex Van Halen and Kelly Carter (filed)
1999 - Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall (marriage was declared null and void)
Recorded
1924 - The Wreck of the Old '97, The Prisoner's Song - Vernon Dalhart (first million-selling counry record)
1952 - Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
1957 - Dedicated to the One I Love - Five Royals
1964 - Baby Love - Supremes
Released
1965 - Help! - Beatles (U.S. release)
1991 - Brand New Man - Brooks & Dunn (Debut album)
2013 - Crash My Party - Luke Bryan
Broadcasts
2004 - Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies - Bjork
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1966 - Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful (3 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
1988 - Hysteria - Def Leppard (1 week (2 previous weeks at number 1))
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
1977 - Float On - Floaters (6 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles
1966 - Almost Persuaded - David Huston (9 weeks)
1983 - He's a Heartache (Looking For a Place to Happen) - Janie Fricke (1 week)
1988 - Don't Close Your Eyes - Keith Whitley (1 week)
1994 - Be My Baby Tonight - John Michael Montgomery (2 weeks)
Number Ones – U.K. Singles
1964 - Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann (2 weeks)
1983 - Give It Up - K.C. & the Sunshine Band (3 weeks)
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