2003 - Elliott Smith - Stabbed (not known if suicide or homicide) (34)
2003 - Syl Rice (Flatlanders)
2006 - Sandy West (Runaways) - Lung cancer (47)
2007 - Paul Fox (Ruts) - Lung cancer (56)
2013 - Sid Bernstein (promoter) (95)
On This Day
1957 - Elvis Presley's film Jailhouse Rock premiered.
1975 - Elton John received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1976 - Keith Moon played his last show with the Who at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
1978 - The Clash fired manager Bernie Rhodes and replaced him with Caroline Coon from Melody Maker.
1985 - Carl Perkins was the subject of a tribute concert at London's Limehouse Studio with guests Rosanne Cash, Dave Edmunds, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton.
1992 - George Michael sued Sony over his contract. He would lose the case two years later.
1992 - Elton John sued the program Hard Copy for saying he moved to Atlanta to be near an AIDS treatment center.
1992 - Madonna released her book Sex.
1995 - Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day was arrested and fined $141 for mooning the audience in Milwaukee, WI.
1997 - The Guinness Book of World Records named Candle in the Wind 97 the biggest selling record of all time with 31.8 million in sales.
1998 - Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick of Kiss were sued by Alice Cooper over their song Dreamin' which it is said sounds too much like his Eighteen.
2001 - Concerts were held in Madison Square Garden and RFK Stadium in Washington for the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Performers included Michael Jackson, Elton John, The Who, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, *NSYNC, P Diddy, James Brown, Paul McCartney and David Bowie.
2001 - The Country Freedom Concert was held in Nashville with George Strait, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, Lonestar, Hank Williams Jr., Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill and Lee Ann Womack.
2003 - Destiny's Child was sued by a Miami producer who claimed they stole their song Survivor from him.
2003 - David Gest sued ex-wife Liza Minnelli for $10 million saying that she beat him up while drunk.
2003 - Elton John signed with Caesar's Palace to play 75 shows in their Colosseum.
2004 - Bo Diddley postponed a concert in California while he recovered from having a toe amputated. The operation was made necessary by his diabetes.
2007 - Kid Rock and members of his entourage were arrested in an Atlanta, GA Waffle House after a fight.
2012 - Gartha Brooks, Connie Smith and Hargus "Pig" Robbins were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
2014 - Wilko Johnson announced he was cured of his terminal pancreatic cancer.
Marriages
2007 - Joe Dee Messina and Chris Deffenbaugh
Recorded
1936 - Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff
1957 - Buzz, Buzz, Buzz - Bobby Day & the Hollywood Flames
1958 - True Love Ways, Raining in My Heart, Moondreams, It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly (final recording session)
1965 - Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man - Beatles
1965 - Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group
Released
1960 - Blue Angel - Roy Orbison (single)
1970 - New Morning - Bob Dylan
Broadcasts
1962 - Ed Sullivan - Cliff Richard
1965 - Shindig! - Dave Clark Five, Kingsmen
1966 - Ready Steady Go (U.K.) - Who
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1944 - You Always Hurt the One You Love - Mills Brothers (2 weeks (1 previous week)
1957 - Jailhouse Rock / Treat Me Nice - Elvis Presley (6 weeks)
1967 - To Sir With Love - Lulu (5 weeks)
1972 - My Ding-a-Ling - Chuck Berry (2 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
1972 - Superfly - Curtis Mayfield (4 weeks)
1995 - Daydream - Mariah Carey (3 weeks)
2000 - Kid A - Radiohead (1 week)
2006 - The Open Door - Evanesence (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
1944 - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You - Nat King Cole Trio (4 weeks)
1957 - Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley (5 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles
1978 - Tear Time - Dave & Sugar (1 week)
1989 - Living Proof - Ricky Van Shelton (1 week)
1995 - She's Every Woman - Garth Brooks (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. Adult Contemporary Singles
1967 - It Must Be Him - Vikki Carr (3 weeks)
1978 - Right Down the Line - Gerry Rafferty (3 weeks)
1989 - Healing Hands - Elton John (1 week)
2006 - Bad Day - Daniel Powter (1 week)
Number Ones – U.K. Singles
1989 - That's What I Like - Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers (3 weeks)
2000 - Beautiful Day - U2 (1 week)
2006 - Welcome to the Black - My Chemical Romance (2 weeks)
Number Ones – U.K. Albums
1961 - The Black & White Minstrel Show -George Mitchell Minstrels (1 week (6 previous weeks))
Birthdays 
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