1963 Spin Doctors guitarist Eric Schenkman is born in Boston.
1961 Mike Douglas begins his TV variety/talk show in Cleveland, Ohio.
1957 Sheila E. is born Sheila Escovedo in Oakland, California.
1955 Bill Haley and His Comets record "See You Later Alligator."
1947 Ralph Scala (keyboardist, vocalist for Blues Magoos) is born in The Bronx, New York.
1945 Jazz drummer Tony Williams is born Anthony Tillmon Williams in Chicago, Illinois, but would grow up in Boston, Massachusetts. Caught his break playing with Miles Davis.
1944 MC5 lead singer Rob Tyner is born in Detroit, Michigan.
1943 Jazz/funk saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. is born in Buffalo, New York.
1943 Dickey Betts, a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, is born Forrest Richard Betts in West Palm Beach, Florida. The lead guitarist in the band for most of their run, he's also a key songwriter, writing and singing lead on their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man."
1941 Terry Kirkman (of The Association) is born in Salina, Kansas.
1940 Dionne Warwick is born Marie Dionne Warwick in East Orange, New Jersey.
1938 Connie Francis is born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero in Newark, New Jersey.
1920 British music publisher Dick James is born Leon Isaac Vapnick in London. His high-profile clients include Elton John and The Beatles.
1918 Jazz singer Joe Williams is born Joseph Goreed in Cordele, Georgia.
1901 Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic wireless radio signal.
Frank Sinatra is born Francis Albert Sinatra in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Read more2011 The Jewish reggae star Matisyahu shaves his beard, which he has had for 16 years. He gets the shave at a Manhattan Supercuts, as he doesn't own a razor. Many of his fans are thrown for a loop, but he explains that losing the beard does not mean he is abandoning Judaism.
2007 Ike Turner dies of a cocaine overdose in San Marcos, California, at age 76. He was also struggling with emphysema and cardiovascular disease.
1998 Luciano Pavarotti becomes the first classical musician to perform on Saturday Night Live when he sings ''Adeste Fideles'' with Vanessa Williams.
1987 At Cobo Arena in Detroit, The Cars wrap up their Door To Door tour. It ends up being their last concert until they pick up the pieces in 2011 for another album and tour.
1976 At a show in Lakeland, Florida, Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley is nearly electrocuted when he grabs a metal railing on the poorly wired set, completing a circuit that sends current through his body.More
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