2007 - John Ryan Pike (Ra Ra Riot) - Drowning (23)
2008 - Bo Diddley - Heart failure (79)
On This Day
1953 - Elvis Presley graduated from Memphis' IC Humes High School.
1958 - Alan Freed started working for WABC in New York.
1958 - Barry Sadler joined the U.S. Army.
1960 - Bobby Darin played his first show at the Copacabana.
1962 - Island Records released their first single, Twist Baby by Owen Gray.
1964 - The Rolling Stones play their first U.S. show in Lynn, MA.
1972 - Dion reunites with the Belmonts during a Madison Square Garden concert.
1973 - ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) began their first U.S. tour in San Diego.
1976 - Wings set a record, playing for 67,100 people in Seattle, the largest indoor crowed to-date.
1981 - Prince played his first show in Britain at the Lyceum Ballroom in London.
1984 - Aerosmith opened their North American Back in the Saddle Tour in Concord, NH.
1992 - Freedom Williams quit C+C Music Factory.
1992 - Martina McBride started her first major concert tour opening for Garth Brooks.
1992 - Freedom Williams quit C+C Music Factory and filed a breach of contract suit.
1993 - Aerosmith opened their Get a Grip world tour in Kansas.
1995 - The Stone Roses were forced to cancel a series of shows when guitarist John Squire broke his collarbone falling off of a bike.
1995 - Travis Tritt is taken to a Nashville hospital after collapsing from exhaustion and dehydration.
1998 - Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, the founders of A&M Records, sue Polygram Records in Philips Electronics for $5 million in underpaid funds for the sale of A&M to Polygram.
1998 - Rod Stewart plays a series of one-hour shows in Las Vegas to promote his new album, When We Were the New Boys.
2002 - Hannah Spearitt announced she was leaving the British group S Club 7.
2005 - Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand was detained by Russian police who accused him of being a spy.
2006 - Orleans' member John Hall started his congressional campaign with a fundraiser starring Jackson Browne, Dar Williams & Pete Seger.
2006 - Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was added to the National Historical Register.
2010 - Paul McCartney received the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize. Performing were Elvis Costello, Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris, Jack White and the Jonas Brothers
2011 - Shania Twain received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2012 - Michael Bluestein of Foreigner announced he would be taking an extended leave of absence from the band for treatment of colon cancer.
2013 - Taylor Swift posed with a Denver DJ who she later accused of grabbing her buttocks.
Marriages
1989 - Bill Wyman and Mandy Smith (Smith was 19 while Wyman's 28-year-old son, was best man)
Released
1956 - Bluebird of Happiness - Lee Andrews & the Hearts
1956 - Could It Be You - Four Tops (first single)
1967 - David Bowie - David Bowie (debut album)
1967 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles (U.S. Release)
1967 - From the Beginning - Small Faces
1974 - The Psychomodo - Cockney Rebel
1978 - Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
1978 - Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
1986 - A Kind of Magic - Queen
1986 - The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & the Range
1986 - Wonderland - Erasure
1987 - Let It Loose - Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine
1987 - Whitney - Whitney Houston
1992 - Shadow and Light - Wilson Phillips
1992 - MTV Unplugged - Mariah Carey
1998 - If You See Her - Brooks & Dunn
1998 - Adore - Smashing Pumpkins
Awards
1985 - Tony Awards - Big River wins seven awards (written by Roger Miller)
2000 - National Fatherhood Institute - Father of the Year - Tim McGraw
Broadcasts
1964 - Les Crane Show - Rolling Stones (U.S. television debut)
1965 - Shindig - Major Lance, Patty Duke, Diane Renay, Righteous Brothers, Linda Carr, Marianne Faithfull, Blossoms, Billy Preston, Bobby Sherman, Delaney Bramlett, Joey Cooper, Shindogs, Wellingtons
1966 - Where the Action Is - Susan Rafey, Andy Malone, Tina Mason, Karen Verros
1978 - Midnight Special - Crystal Gayle (host), Chuck Mangione, Andy Kaufman, Peace & Quiet, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Eddie Rabbitt
Number Ones - U.S. Singles
1962 - I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles (5 weeks)
1973 - My Love - Paul McCartney & Wings (4 weeks)
1979 - Hot Stuff - Donna Summer (3 weeks)
2001 - Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink (5 weeks)
Number Ones - U.S. Albums
1973 - Red Rose Speedway - Paul McCartney & Wings (3 weeks)
2001 - Lateralus - Tool (1 week)
2007 - Minutes to Midnight - Linkin Park (1 week)
2012 - Trespassing - Adam Lambert (1 week)
Number Ones - U.S. R&B Singles
1945 - Caledonia - Louis Jordan & the Tympany Five (7 weeks)
1979 - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead (1 week)
1984 - Let's Hear It For the Boys - Deniece Williams (3 weeks)
2001 - Fiesta - R. Kelly (5 weeks)
Number Ones - U.S. Country Singles
1945 - Shame on You - Spade Cooley (1 week (5 previous weeks at number 1))
1958 - All I Have to Do is Dream - Everly Brothers (2 weeks)
Birthdays
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