1998 - Paddy Clancy (Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem) - Lung cancer (76)
2014 - Big Bank Hank (born Henry Lee Jackson) (Sugarhill Gang) - Cancer (58)
2015 - Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (Motorhead) - Live failure (61)
On This Day
1954 - Bill Haley hit the U.S. top ten for the first time with Shake, Rattle and Roll.
1955 - Billboard magazine named Elvis Presley the most promising new country & western artist.
1957 - Elvis Presley played his last concert of the 50's at Schofield Barracks, HI.
1961 - Joan Baez played her first major concert at a sold out Town Hall in New York.
1965 - The Velvet Underground performed live for the first time at a high school dance in Summit, NJ.
1969 - Jim Morrison was arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct on a plane by the FBI.
1970 - Bob Dylan published his first book, Tarantula.
1973 - A number of radio stations in the U.S. broadcast a live Mott the Hoople concert. In reality, it was studio cuts from the group with applause dubbed in.
1975 - Reba McEntire signed her first contract with Mercury Records.
1976 - Linda Ronstadt played her first U.K. date in Birmingham.
1977 - Riders in the Sky were formed.
1982 - Prince opened his 1999 tour in Chattanooga, TN.
1986 - A press release from Pink Floyd said that they would continue to use the band's name and record a new album after the departure of Roger Waters.
1993 - Crystal Gayle performed at the dedication of the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, DC.
1997 - Metallica played a free concert in Philadelphia, PA.
1999 - Brandy entered the hospital due to exhaustion.
2003 - The funeral for Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers was held. Bill Medley sang Precious Lord.
2003 - Madonna published her second children's book, Mr. Peabody's Apples.
2003 - Van Morrison was ordered to pay $67,000 to a hotel owner in Wiltshire, England after canceling a show.
2004 - The first class was inducted into the U.K.'s Hall of Fame in London. The initial inductees were Robbie Williams, the Rolling Stones, Queen, Michael Jackson and Cliff Richard.
2005 - Billy Joel announced he would be returning to touring after taking eight years off.
2008 - Reba McEntire left MCA Nashville, whom she had been with for 24 years, for Valory Music/Big Machine.
2008 - Hank Williams, Jr. was the BMI Icon at the 56th BMI Country Awards.
2011 - The four original members of Black Sabbath announced that they were reuniting.
2011 - Country's Rodney Atkins was arrested for allegedly trying to smother his wife with a pillow.
Marriages
1944 - B.B. King and Martha Denton
1957 - June Carter and Edwin Nix
1961 - Doyle Wilburn (Wilburn Brothers) and Margie Bowes
Birthdays
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