1912 - Jack Stapp (producer and songwriter) (d. 1980)
1914 - Floyd Tillman (d. 2003)
1922 - Jean Ritchie (d. 2015)
1925 - Sammy Davis, Jr. (d. 1990)
1933 - Dick Glasser (d. 2000)
1939 - Jerry Butler (78)
1939 - James Galway (78)
1941 - Bobby Elliott (Hollies) (76)
1943 - Graham Knight (Marmalade) (74)
1943 - Jim Morrison (Doors) (d. 1971)
1944 - Bertie Higgins (73)
1944 - Mike Botts (d. 2005)
1947 - Geoff Daking (Blues Magoos) (70)
1947 - Gregg Allman (d. 2017)
1949 - Ray Schulman (Gentle Giant) (68)
1950 - Dan Hartman (d. 1994)
1952 - Richie Morales (Spyro Gyra) (65)
1953 - Colin Gibb (born Colin Routh) (Black Lace) (64)
1956 - Warren Cuccurullo (Missing Persons) (61)
1957 - Phil Collen (Def Leppard) (60)
1959 - Paul Rutherford (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) (58)
1959 - Marty Raybon (Shenandoah) (58)
1962 - Marty Friedman (Megadeth) (55)
1966 - Bushwick Bill (born Richard Shaw) (Geto Boys) (51)
1966 - Sinéad O'Connor (51)
1972 - Ryan Newell (Sister Hazel) (45)
1973 - Corey Taylor (Slipknot) (44)
1974 - Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) (43)
1982 - Serena Ryder (35)
1982 - Chrisette Michele (35)
1982 - Nicki Minaj (35)
1984 - Sam Hunt (33)
1986 - Kate Voegele (31)
Deaths
1967 - John Mills, Sr. (Mills Brothers) (78)
1975 - Gary Thain (Uriah Heep) - Heroin overdose (27)
1980 - John Lennon - Murdered (40)
1981 - Big Walter Horton (aka Shakey) - Heart failure (64)
1982 - Marty Robbins - Complications following cardiac surgery (57)
1988 - Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad (Persuasions) (44)
1994 - Antonio Carlos Jobim - Cardiac arrest (67)
2004 - Dimebag Darrell (born Darrell Abbott) - Murdered (38)
On This Day
1928 - The name Grand Ole Opry was used for the first time by George D. Hay on a WSM radio broadcast.
1945 - Earl Scruggs debuted as the newest member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. It was the first time he played with Lester Flatt.
1963 - Frank Sinatra, Jr. was kidnapped in Lake Tahoe. Frank, Sr. paid a $240,000 ransom two days later to win his son's release.
1968 - Graham Nash announced the formation of Crosby, Stills & Nash.
1969 - A Toronto jury found Jimi Hendrix not guilty of drug possession charges.
1975 - Bob Dylan played a benefit for jailed boxer Hurricane Carter at Madison Square Garden, raising $100,000. It's also the last night of the Rolling Thunder Revue.
1976 - The movie A Star is Born with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson was released in the U.S.
1977 - A riot broke out in Brisbane, Australia when Blondie had to cancel a show at the last minute due to Debbie Harry being ill. Four people were arrested.
1983 - The musical Abbacadabra, which used the music of ABBA, opened in London's West End.
1984 - Patrick Cavanaugh, one time manager of the Coasters, was found guilty of the first degree murder of the group member Buster Wilson.
1991 - Roy Acuff was recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors.
1995 - The remaining members of the Grateful Dead announced they were breaking up.
1998 - Bruce Springsteen announced he would tour with the E-Street Band for the first time since the late-80's.
1998 - The FBI released 1,300 pages of investigations into the life and activities of Frank Sinatra.
2000 - A plaque was put outside the childhood home in Liverpool of John Lennon commemorating his death.
2000 - Sting received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2003 - David Bowie had to postpone his first U.S. tour in eight years when he gets the flu.
2003 - Ozzy Osbourne crashed an ATV on his estate in England, breaking his collarbone and several ribs.
2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court said that Rosa Parks can sue OutKast for using her name in the lyrics to one of their songs.
2004 - DMX plead guilty to DUI and reckless endangerment in Queens, NY.
2004 - Jay-Z and Damon Dash sold their ownership of Roc-a-fella Records to Def Jam for $10 million.
2013 - Metallica played on their seventh and final continent with a show in a dome at Argentine Antarctic Bass Carlini.
2016 - Mick Jagger became a father (he's already a great-grandfather) at the age of 73.
Marriages
2007 - Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys) and Leigh Boniello
Divorces
2010 - Nancy Wilson (Heart) and Cameron Crowe
Recorded
1962 - Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall - Flatt & Scruggs
1966 - Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles
Released
1961 - Surfin' - Beach Boys (debut single)
1967 - Mr. Fantasy - Traffic (debut album)
1989 - Here in the Real World - Alan Jackson (single)
1999 - James Brown Christmas For The Millennium & Forever - James Brown (MP3 only album sold through Emusic).
Broadcasts
1976 - Carpenters Special (ABC) - Carpenters, John Denver
1995 - 10 Most Fascinating People (ABC) - Courtney Love
1999 - Today (NBC) - Prince
2004 - CMT Homecoming: Jimmy Carter in Plains - Willie Nelson
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1956 - Singing the Bues - Guy Mitchell (9 weeks)
1979 - Babe - Styx (2 weeks)
1984 - Out of Touch - Daryl Hall & John Oates (2 weeks)
1990 - Because I Love You (The Postman Song) - Stevie B (4 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
1945 - Merry Christmas - Bing Crosby (6 weeks)
1956 - Elvis - Elvis Presley (5 weeks)
2001 - Weathered - Creed (8 weeks)
2007 - Noel - Josh Groban (5 weeks)
2012 - Unapologetic - Rihanna (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
1951 - Because of You - Tab Smith & His Orchestra (2 weeks)
1958 - A Lover's Question - Clyde McPhatter (1 week)
1962 - Release Me - Esther Phillips (1 week)
1973 - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) - Staple Singers (3 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles
1945 - It's Been So Long Darling - Ernest Tubb (1 week)
1979 - I Cheated Me Right Out Of You - Moe Bandy (1 week)
1984 - Chance of Lovin' You - Earl Thomas Conley (1 week)
1990 - I've Come to Expect It From You - George Strait (5 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Adult Contemporary Singles
2001 - Hero - Enrique Iglesias (4 weeks)
2012 - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Rod Stewart (5 weeks)
Number Ones – U.K. Singles
1979 - Walking on the Moon - Police (1 week)
1984 - The Power of Love - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1 week)
2001 - Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield (2 weeks)
2012 - The Power of Love - Gabrielle Alpin (1 week)
Number Ones – U.K. Albums
1973 - Stranded - Roxy Music (1 week)
1979 - Greatest Hits - Rod Stewart (5 weeks)
2012 - Right Place Right Time - Olly Murs (2 weeks)
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