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In Music History
1969 David Bowie records "Space Oddity," which he wrote after seeing the 1968 Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
1969 Jimi Hendrix headlines the Newport Pop Festival, which is marred by violence as police take action to stop the gate-crashers.
1967 The Buckinghams record "Susan" and "Hey Baby They're Playing Our Song."
1967 Murphy Karges (bassist for Sugar Ray) is born in Orange County, California.
1967 Jerome Earl Fontamillas (keyboards, backing vocals for Switchfoot) is born in Pasay City, Philippines.
1962 Rick Nelson records "Teenage Idol."
1960 John Taylor (bassist for Duran Duran) is born Nigel John Taylor in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. As well as co-founding Duran Duran he later achieves a second round of success in rock supergroup The Power Station.
1954 Van Halen bass player Michael Anthony is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1952 Guitarist/songwriter Gary Lucas is born in Syracuse, New York.
1950 Guitarist Alan Shacklock is born in London.
1948 Alan Longmuir (bass guitarist for The Bay City Rollers) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1945 Anne Murray is born Morna Anne Murray in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1937 Jerry Keller, known for the 1957 pop hit "Here Comes Summer," is born in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
1924 Chet Atkins, country musician and one of the architects behind the Nashville Sound, is born in Luttrell, Tennessee.
1819 Jacques Offenbach, composer and cellist of the Romantic period, is born in Cologne, Germany.
Former Bandmates Bobby Brown, New Edition Release Hit Albums
1988MCA Records issues landmark albums by two of their hottest young R&B acts: Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel and New Edition's Heart Break.
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1995 George Jones and Tammy Wynette, who divorced in 1975 after six years of marriage, release an album together called One and also go on tour.
1995 Michael Jackson's ninth album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, is released. MTV becomes "MJTV" for a week to celebrate.
1972 The Tallahatchee Bridge in Money, Mississippi, made famous in Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billie Joe," collapses (it is later rebuilt).
1949 Lionel Richie is born in Tuskegee, Alabama. He becomes a member of the Commodores before finding fame as a solo artist.More
1942 Brian Wilson (of The Beach Boys) is born in Inglewood, California.
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