2001 - Peter Doyle (New Seekers) - Throat cancer (52)
2009 - Al Martino (82)
On This Day
1937 - Roy Rogers left the Sons of the Pioneers.
1962 - Don Everly of the Everly Brothers collapsed rehearsing for a U.K. tour and returned to the U.S. to recuperate. Phil continued with the tour solo.
1967 - Pat Boone performed the National Anthem at the first game of the new American Basketball Association. He was the owner of the Oakland Oaks.
1970 - The ashes of Janis Joplin were spread on Stinson Beach in California.
1975 - Neil Young had surgery for a growth on his vocal chords.
1975 - In one of the most famous moments in CMA Awards history, Charlie Rich sets fire to the envelope that names John Denver as Entertainer of the Year.
1980 - Johnny Cash and Connie B. Gay were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1986 - Wesley Rose and Benjamin F. “Whitey” Ford (Duke of Paducah) were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case of two sets of parents suing Ozzy Osbourne for his music's influence in the suicide of their sons.
1997 - Billy Joel's classical piece, Reverie, “premiers” on NPR.
1998 - The Crossroads Center, Eric Clapton's addiction recovery program, opened in Antigua.
2000 - A Ralph Nadar fund raising concert in New York sees performances by Eddie Vedder, Ani DiFranco, Ben Harper and Patti Smith.
2000 - Christina Aguilera filed a lawsuit against her former manager, charging he had an improper influence over her career.
2001 - Merle Haggard canceled the balance of his current tour after feeling tightness in his chest.
2002 - The band Muse sued Celine Dion after the singer planned on calling her Las Vegas show Muse.
2004 - Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers was charged with tax evasion.
2006 - An annual Diddy Day was announced by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley who gave P. Diddy a pair of cufflinks.
2008 - Ringo Starr announced he would no longer sign autographs.
2016 - Bob Dylan was given the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Recorded
1965 - My Generation - Who
1965 - Drive My Car - Beatles
1968 - Julia - Beatles (last song recorded for White Album)
Released
1956 - A Thousand Miles Away - Heartbeats (single)
1982 - Creatures of the Night - Kiss
1998 - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert - Bob Dylan
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1979 - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson (1 week)
1984 - I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (3 weeks)
1990 - Praying For Time - George Michael (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
1956 - The Eddy Duchin Story - Carman Cavallaro (1 week)
1958 - Sing For Only the Lonely - Frank Sinatra (5 weeks)
1973 - Goats Head Soup - Rolling Stones (4 weeks)
2007 - Still Feels Good - Rascal Flatts (1 week)
2012 - Babel - Mumford & Sons (3 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
1962 - Green Onions - Booker T. & the MGs (1 week (2 previous weeks))
Birthdays 
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