1942 - Gary Walker (born Gary Leeds) (Walker Brothers) (75)
1943 - Wallace Scott (Whispers) (74)
1943 - Walter Scott (Whispers) (74)
1945 - George Biondo (Steppenwolf) (78)
1947 - Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy) (70)
1948 - Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad) (69)
1950 - Doug Pinnick (King's X) (67)
1950 - Aaron Smith (Romeo Void) (67)
1952 - Leroy Smith (Sweet Sensation) (d. 2009)
1955 - Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) (62)
1962 - Lester Noel (Beats International) (55)
1963 - Jonathan Segel (Camper Van Beethoven) (54)
1965 - Vaden Todd Lewis (Toadies) (52)
1973 - Jennifer Paige (44)
1975 - Richard Wingo (Jagged Edge) (42)
1979 - Tomo (born Tomislav Miličević) (30 Seconds to Mars) (38)
1980 - Jason McCaslin (Sum 41) (37)
1980 - B.G. (born Christopher Dorsey) (37)
1982 - Andrew McMahon (Jack's Mannequin) (35)
1986 - Omi (born Omar Pasley) (31)
Deaths
1970 - Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (Canned Heat) - Drug overdose (27)
1985 - Johnny Marks (songwriter) (75)
1994 - Major Lance - Heart disease (55)
2007 - Carter Albrecht (Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians) - Shot (34)
2007 - Janis Martin - Cancer (67)
2007 - Carter Albrecht (Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians) - Shot and killed (34)
2010 - Mike Edwards (Electric Light Orchestra) - Car struck by 1,300 pound hay bale (62)
On This Day
1942 - Frank Sinatra started his solo singing career.
1955 - Jim Reeves left the Louisiana Hayride to join the Grand Ole Opry.
1961 - Loretta Lynn signed with Decca Records.
1963 - Frank Sinatra's label, Reprise, becomes part of Warner Brothers Records.
1965 - A Rolling Stones concert in Dublin, Ireland ended when 30 people jumped on the stage, knocking down Mick Jagger.
1966 - Rick Nelson loses one of his best promotional tools as the series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ends its 14 year run.
1968 - Ringo Starr rejoined the Beatles two weeks after walking out.
1970 - The Dave Clark Five broke up.
1970 - Arthur Brown was arrested in Palermo, Italy after a performance where he set fire to a helmet he was wearing and stripped naked.
1982 - The first US Festival was held in Devore, CA. The brainchild of Apple's Steve Wozniak, the three-day festival (running through September 5) included performances by the Ramones, the B-52's, Talking Heads, the Police, Santana, the Cars, the Kinks, Pat Benatar, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Jimmy Buffett, Jackson Browne and Fleetwood Mac.
1983 - Metallica ended their first tour.
1991 - Ike Turner was released from prison after serving 18-months of a four-year term.
1999 - Authorities shut down a bootlegging operation that was said to have cost the industry $100 million.
2001 - A free concert in Los Angeles by System of a Down ends up in a riot that results in six arrests and a few injured officers.
2002 - The Rolling Stones' Licks Tour, celebrating their 40th anniversary, began in Boston, MA.
2003 - Pete Doherty of the Libertines was sentenced to six months in prison for burglary and drug possession.
2003 - Kyle Norman of Jagged Edge turns himself in to police who charge him with possession of 13 pounds of marijuana and weapons.
2004 - After 46 years, Cliff Richard ended his contract with EMI, signing with Universal Music.
2006 - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Soul2Soul II Tour ended in Las Vegas. It became the highest grossing country tour in history.
2008 - Ne-Yo won a suit against R. Kelly for $700,000 after being dropped from Kelly's tour.
2009 - Madonna's Sticky and Sweet Tour became the biggest ever by a solo artist, grossing $408 million.
Marriages
1994 - Brian Setzer and Christine Schmidt
2007 - Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) and Lyn Z (Mindless Self Indulgence)
Birthdays
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