1970 R&B singer Billy Stewart dies in a car accident in North Carolina at age 32.
1968 Elvis Presley records "U.S. Male."
1960 Berlin bassist John Crawford is born in California.
1956 Paul Young ("Everytime You Go Away") is born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
1955 Country rocker Steve Earle is born in Fort Monroe, Virginia.
1949 Mick Taylor (The Rolling Stones guitarist) is born in Welwyn Garden City, but raised in nearby Hatfield, England.
1945 R&B singer William Hart (of The Delfonics) is born in Washington, D.C.
1944 French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy is born in Paris.
1943 '60s singer Chris Montez is born Ezekiel Christopher Montanez in Los Angeles, California.
1942 Cassius Clay is born in Louisville, Kentucky. Later changing his name to Muhammad Ali, he becomes a champion boxer and one of the world's most famous athletes. His clever, boastful raps during interviews and other public appearances influence hip-hop, and he becomes an icon of the genre. He is also one of the first athletes to make music: his cover of "Stand By Me" is a minor hit in 1964.
1941 Gene Krupa records "Drum Boogie."
1927 Eartha Kitt is born in North, South Carolina.
1920 Jazz composer George Handy is born George Joseph Hendleman in New York City.
1913 Jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Vido Musso is born in Carini, Italy.
1712 English composer John Stanley is born in London.
Barry Manilow's "I Write The Songs," written by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys, hits #1 in America. It goes on to win the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
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2000 Garth Brooks is named the 1990s' Artist of the Decade at the American Music Awards, having sold more than 95 million albums, more than any other American recording artist.
1996 David Bowie, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, The Shirelles, and The Velvet Underground are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1993 Aretha Franklin, Michael Bolton, Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, and Diana Ross perform at President Bill Clinton's inauguration ceremonies.
1992 The movie Juice opens in theaters, starring Tupac Shakur, Queen Latifah and Cindy Herron of En Vogue.
1967 London's Daily Mail newspaper carries an article about potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire, inspiring John Lennon to mention it in "A Day In The Life."
1959 Susanna Hoffs is born in Los Angeles, California. She forms the Bangles after answering an ad placed by the sisters Debbi and Vicki Peterson.
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