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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.

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Sinéad O'Connor Won't Allow National Anthem

1990

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.

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