1969 - Gidget Gein (born Bradley Stewart) (Marilyn Manson) (d. 2008)
1970 - Ted Leo (Ted Leo & the Pharmacists) (47)
1971 - Richard Ashcroft (Verve) (46)
1971 - Jeremy Popoff (Lit) (46)
1975 - Brad Fischetti (LFO) (42)
1975 - Mark Klepaski (Breaking Benjamin) (42)
1975 - Elephant Man (born O'Neil Bryan) (42)
1977 - Ludacris (born Christopher Bridges) (40)
1977 - Johnny Buckland (Coldplay) (40)
1978 - Ben Lee (39)
1981 - Charles Kelley (Lady Antebellum) (36)
Deaths
1969 - Leon Payne (The Blind Balladeer) (52)
1987 - Peter Tosh - Murdered (42)
1987 - Lorne Greene - Prostate cancer (72)
2004 - Fred Ebb (songwriter) - Heart attack (76)
2014 - Bob Crewe (83)
On This Day
1964 - George Harrison formed his publishing company Harrissongs.
1964 - The winner of a Mick Jagger impersonation contest in Greenwich, England is his brother Chris Jagger.
1967 - The Beatles started filming Magical Mystery Tour.
1968 - Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone was arrested for marijuana possession when the band arrived in London.
1977 - David Bowie shot a guest appearance for the special Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, duetting on Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth. The recording would go on to become a Christmas perennial.
1979 - The Who play their first show U.S. show with Kenny Jones after the death of Keith Moon.
1984 - Barbara Mandrell and her children were injured in a car crash in Hendersonville, TN.
1987 - Prince's Paisley Park Studios opened.
1988 - Metallica opened their Damaged Justice world tour in Budapest, Hungary.
1989 - Hank Williams, Jr.'s All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight is heard, for the first time, as "All my rowdy friends are here on Monday night" on ABC's Monday Night Football
1996 - Noel Gallagher walked out half way through an Oasis American tour after fighting with his brother Liam.
1996 - Michael Hutchence of INXS pleads guilty to assaulting a photographer.
1997 - John Lee Hooker received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2000 - The Jimi Hendrix Surround Sound Theater and Exhibit was opened at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2001 - Dream Theater's album Live Scenes From New York was released but quickly pulled back after the original cover ironically pictured the New York skyline with the World Trade Towers on fire.
2003 - Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong was sentenced to nine months in prison and fined $20,000 for the sales of drug paraphernalia over the internet.
2003 - Jewel postponed her North American tour after her bassist, Termome "T-Bone" Hanson, died.
Marriages
1960 - Nancy Sinatra and Tommy Sands
1993 - Merle Haggard and Theresa Ann Lane
Recorded
1952 - Ray Charles had his first recording session for Atlantic Records with Ahmet Ertegun
1962 - Love Me Do (second recording), P.S. I Love You, Please Please Me - Beatles
Released
1963 - The Great White Wonder - Bob Dylan (credited as first bootleg album)
1990 - Under the Red Sky - Bob Dylan
1990 - Listen Without Prejudice, Volume 1 - George Michael
1996 - Telling Lies - David Bowie (first single by a major artist released exclusively on the internet)
Awards
1987 - MTV Video Music Awards
Video of the Year, Male Video - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabril
Female Video - Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
Group Video - Wild Wild Life - Talking Heads
New Artist - Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
Video Vanguard - Peter Gabriel, Julien Temple
Broadcasts
1971 - The Jackson 5 (animated series) (debut)
1977 - The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew - Bernie Taupin
Birthdays
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