1999 - Grady Owen (Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps)
2000 - Russ Conway (75)
2000 - Joe C. (born Joseph Calleja, sidekick of Kid Rock) - Celiac disease (26)
2002 - Mose Vinson - Diabetes (85)
On This Day
1940 - The WSB Barn Dance was broadcast for the first time from Atlanta, GA.
1954 - Faron Young was released from the U.S. Army.
1978 - The movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band opened starring the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Billy Preston and more.
1985 - U2 launched their Mother Records label.
1986 - Bob Will's Texas Playboys played their final dates in Ft. Worth, TX.
1987 - Topper Headon of the Clash was sentenced to 15 months in prison for giving heroin to a man who later died.
1988 - Stephen Love, former manager of the Beach Boys, was sentenced to five years probation for embezzling $1 million from the group.
2002 - A Texas billionaire paid the Rolling Stones almost $7 million to play his 60th birthday party.
2005 - Pink Floyd, the Eurythmics, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Joy Division/New Order, the Who, the Kinks, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne were inducted into the U.K. Music Hall of Fame.
2006 - Queen's Greatest Hits was declared the best selling album of all-time in the U.K. with sales of 5.4 million copies.
2010 - The Beatles' catalog was released on iTunes.
2014 - Bono of U2 was in a serious bicycle accident in New York.
Marriages
1987 - Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet
1991 - Iris Dement and Elmer McCall
1996 - Lorrie Morgan and Jon Randall
Divorces
2010 - Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley (Sum 41)
2011 - Rubben Studdard and Surata Zuri McCants
Recorded
1960 - I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline
Released
1923 - It Ain't Gonna Rain No More - Wendell Hall (first hillbilly hit)
1974 - Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder (single)
1981 - The Elder - KISS
Awards
2000 - MTV Europe Music Awards
Song - Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
Video - Natural Blues - Moby
Album - The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
Female, New Artist - Anastacia
Male - Ricky Martin
Group - Backstreet Boys
Dance - Madonna
Rock - Red Hot Chili Peppers
R&B - Jennifer Lopez
Hip-Hop - Eminem
Broadcasts
1971 - Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC 2) - Frank Zappa
1973 - Midnight Special (NBC) - David Bowie (The 1980 Floor Show)
1976 - Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC 2) - Brian Wilson (first formal interview in eight years), Be Bop Deluxe, Cajun Moon
2005 - I Walk the Line: A Night For Johnny Cash (CBS) - Brad Paisley, Martina McBride, Dwight Yoakam, Jerry Lee Lewis, Norah Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, Alison Krauss
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1959 - Mr. Blue - Fleetwoods (1 week)
1963 - Deep Purple - Nino Tempo & April Stevens (1 week)
1974 - Whatever Gets You Thru the Night - John Lennon (1 week)
1985 - We Built This City - Starship (2 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
1946 - Merry Christmas Music - Perry Como (1 week)
1968 - Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix Experience (2 weeks)
1974 - Walls & Bridges - John Lennon (1 week)
1996 - Anthology 3 - Beatles (1 week)
2002 - 8 Mile - Soundtrack (2 weeks)
2013 - Reflektor - Arcade Fire (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
1959 - So Many Ways - Brook Benton (3 weeks)
1968 - Hey Western Union Man - Jerry Butler (1 week)
1974 - Woman to Woman - Shirley Brown (2 weeks)
1996 - Pony - Ginuwine (2 weeks)
2013 - The Monster - Eminem Featuring Rihanna (13 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles
1974 - Country Is - Tom T. Hall (1 week)
1985 - Hang On to Your Heart - Exile (1 week)
1991 - Shameless - Garth Brooks (2 weeks)
1996 - Lonely Too Long - Patty Loveless (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. Adult Contemporary Singles
1974 - Longfellow Serenade - Neil Diamond (1 week)
1985 - Separate Lives - Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin (3 weeks)
Number Ones – U.K. Singles
1956 - Just Walkin' in the Rain - Johnnie Ray (7 weeks)
1974 - Gonna Make You a Star - David Essex (3 weeks)
1985 - A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey (2 weeks)
2002 - Unbreakable - Westlife (1 week)
2013 - Look Right Through - Storm Queen (1 week)
Number Ones – U.K. Albums
1957 - The King and I - Original Soundtrack (11 weeks (36 previous weeks))
Birthdays 
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