1961 Mark Bedford (bass guitarist for Madness) is born in Islington, London, England.
1959 The Browns' "The Three Bells" hits #1 for the first of four weeks.
1956 Elvis Presley records the ballad "Love Me Tender" on a soundstage in Hollywood where he's filming the movie of the same name.
1956 Buddy Holly is in the audience when Little Richard plays the Cotton Club in Lubbock, Texas.
1955 R&B singer Jeffrey Daniel (of Shalamar) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1951 Danny Joe Brown (lead singer of Molly Hatchet) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1951 Michael Derosier (former drummer for Heart) is born in Canada.
1948 Composer Jean-Michel Jarre is born in Lyon, France. Forerunner of electronic and ambient music.
1947 Jim Fox (drummer for the James Gang) is born in Cleveland, Ohio.
1945 Malcolm "Molly" Duncan (tenor saxophonist for The Average White Band) is born in Montrose, Scotland.
1945 Ken Hensley (multi-instrumentalist and songwriter for Uriah Heep) is born in Hertfordshire, England.
1944 Folk rocker Jim Brady (of The Sandpipers) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1943 Frank Sinatra's "In The Blue Of Evening" hits #1 in America.
1943 John Cipollina (lead guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service) is born in Berkeley, California.
1942 Jimmy Soul, known for the 1963 chart-topper "If You Wanna Be Happy," is born James Louis McCleese in Weldon, North Carolina.
Sinéad O'Connor refuses to perform at the Garden State Arts Center in New Jersey until they agree not to play the US national anthem before the show.
Read more2008 Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page perform during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium (also known as the Bird's Nest). The duo perform the Led Zeppelin classic "Whole Lotta Love."More
1998 Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats and Live Aid fame begins hosting a show on the London radio station XFM. In his first broadcast, he announces (incorrectly) that Ian Dury has died.More
1995 Microsoft launches the Windows 95 operating system. The start-up music is composed by Brian Eno, a pioneer in ambient music who in 1978 released an album designed to soothe travelers at airports (Ambient 1: Music for Airports).More
1981 Mark David Chapman, who murdered John Lennon, is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. He is repeatedly denied parole.
1981 The Rolling Stones release Tattoo You. The big hit from the album is "Start Me Up," which they first recorded with a reggae rhythm in 1977. That version was scrapped, but they rocked it up for Tattoo You with better results.
1979 The Ramones' movie Rock & Roll High School opens in theaters. The title song becomes one of their classics, and the film gains a cult following.More
1974 Paul Anka's "(You're) Having My Baby" hits #1 for the first of three weeks despite condemnation from feminist groups.More
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