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In Music History
1974 Bad Company's Bad Company LP hits #1.
1971 Ringo Starr's "It Don't Come Easy" is certified Gold.
1968 The Doors hit #1 in America for the second (and last) time when "Hello, I Love You" reaches the top for the first of two weeks. Their first #1 was "Light My Fire" in 1967.
1966 Dean Sams (keyboardist for Lonestar) is born in Garland, Texas.
1963 James Hetfield of Metallica is born in Downey, California.
1963 Ed Roland (lead vocalist for Collective Soul) is born in Stockbridge, Georgia.
1963 The Tymes' "So Much in Love" hits #1, where it will stay for one week.
1963 The Beatles show up on a Billboard chart for the first time when "From Me to You" bubbles under on the Hot 100, reaching a peak of #116 the following week. Their US breakthrough doesn't happen until January 1964, when "I Want To Hold Your Hand" rises up the chart, hitting #1 in February.
1961 Lee Rocker, upright bass player in The Stray Cats, is born Leon Drucker in Long Island, New York.
1959 Folk group The Kingston Trio are featured on the cover of Life magazine.
1953 Ian Bairnson (guitarist for Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project) is born in Lerwick, Shetland Isles, Scotland.
1951 Johnny Graham (multi-instrumentalist of Earth, Wind & Fire) is born in Louisville, Kentucky.
1949 Morris "B.B." Dickerson (bass guitarist for War) is born in Torrance, California.
1946 John York (bass guitarist for The Byrds) is born in White Plains, New York.
1941 Beverly Lee (of The Shirelles) is born in Passaic, New Jersey.
Def Leppard Unleash Hysteria
1987After years of delays, Def Leppard's Hysteria album is released in the US.
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2015 Gwen Stefani files for divorce from Gavin Rossdale, her husband since 2002. She soon starts dating Blake Shelton, her co-star on the TV competition The Voice.
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1971 Paul McCartney puts Wings in flight, announcing the formation of his first post-Beatles band. Members are Paul, his wife Linda, former Moody Blues singer Denny Laine on guitar, and Denny Seiwell on drums.
1963 The Beatles play The Cavern Club in Liverpool for the last time. They played the first of their 292 shows there in 1961 when they made their debut performance.
1926 Tony Bennett is born Anthony Dominick Benedetto in Astoria, Queens, New York. In 1962, he will perform "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" for the first time, and it becomes his signature song.
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