1932 - Louisiana Red (born Iverson Minter) (d. 2012)
1942 - Jimmy Miller (producer) (d. 1994)
1944 - Tony McPhee (Groundhogs) (74)
1945 - David Grisman (73)
1948 - David Olney (70)
1949 - Ric Ocasek (Cars) (69)
1950 - Phil Lanzon (Uriah Heep) (68)
1952 - Dave Bartram (Showaddywaddy) (66)
1953 - Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens) (65)
1960 - Louise Goffin (58)
1965 - Marti Pellow (born Mark McLoughlin) (Wet Wet Wet) (56)
1967 - John Stohm (Lemonheads) (51)
1968 - Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) (50)
1986 - Brett Eldredge (32 )
Deaths
1978 - Bill Kenny (Ink Spots) - Respiratory illness (64)
1980 - Jacob Miller (Inner Circle) - Car accident (27)
1995 - Alan Barton (Black Lace) - Bus Crash (41)
2004 - Roy "Pop" Lewis (Lewis Family) (98)
2006 - Cindy Walker (87)
2008 - Neil Aspinall (head of Apple) - Lung cancer (66)
2014 - Dave Brockie (GWAR) - Heroin overdose (50)
2015 - Lil' Chris (born Christopher Hardman) - Suicide (24)
On This Day
1922 - Fiddlin' John Carson became the first country artist to play on the radio.
1956 - Eleven teenagers were arrested at a rock stage show in Hartford, CT.
1964 - In His Own Write by John Lennon was published in the U.K.
1967 - The Beatles won the Ivor Novello Award for 1966 for Best Selling Single (Yellow Submarine), Most Performed Song (Michelle) and Second Most Performed Song (Yesterday).
1969 - A Rally For Decency was held in Miami in response to Jim Morrison exposing himself on stage. Anita Bryant and the Lettermen perform.
1970 - Allen Klein asks Phil Spector to work on the tracks from the Beatles aborted Let It Be sessions.
1972 - The film The Concert For Bangladesh premiered.
1973 - John Lennon is given 60 days to leave the U.S. by the immigration department. At the same time, Yoko Ono is granted permanent residency.
1977 - Elvis Presley played the first show of what would become his final tour.
1978 - The Police sign with A&M Records.
1980 - U2 signed with Island Records for about $100,000.
1985 - Julian Lennon did his first concert.
1988 - Mick Jagger made did his first solo concert in Japan.
1990 - Fleetwood Mac started their Behind the Mask tour.
1992 - Janet Jackson signed with Virgin Records for $16 million.
1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a ruling awarding Bette Midler $400,000 from an ad agency that used a sound-alike on a commercial.
2000 - Tina Turner played the first date of the U.S. leg of her farewell tour in Minneapolis, MN.
2000 - Aida, written by Elton John and Tim Rice, opened on Broadway.
2010 - Richard Finch of K.C. & the Sunshine Band was arrested for sexual misconduct with teenage boys.
2011 - Pete Townshend said he regretted ever forming The Who, saying he was bad at creative collaboration.
Marriages
1926 - Maybelline Addington and Ezra Carter
1963 - Dion DiMucci and Sue Butterfield
1985 - Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley
2002 - Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) and Charleen Chuck McCrory
Recorded
1959 - The Wonder of You - Ray Peterson
1961 - Can't Help Falling in Love With You - Elvis Presley
1963 - Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Released
1959 - That's All - Bobby Darin (debut album)
1960 - Stuck on You - Elvis Presley (single)
1979 - Van Halen II - Van Halen
1993 - This Time - Dwight Yoakam
2004 - The Paul Simon Songbook - Paul Simon (recorded 1965, first U.S. release)
1983 - Eliminator - ZZ Top
1992 - Achy, Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus (single)
1993 - Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode
2004 - Confessions - Usher
Awards
2002 - Razzie Awards
Worst Actress - Mariah Carey - Glitter
2003 - Academy Awards
Best Original Song - Lose Yourself - Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
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