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1979 Guitarist Derek Trucks is born in Jacksonville, Florida. After forming The Derek Trucks Band, he serves in The Allman Brothers Band from 1999-2014 alongside his uncle, drummer Butch Trucks.
1974 Rick Wakeman departs Yes for a solo career, returns two years later, and leaves again after four years.
1974 Paul McCartney & Wings' "Band On The Run" hits #1.
1970 R&B singer Nicci Gilbert (of Brownstone) is born in Detroit, Michigan.
1966 Frank Sinatra's "Strangers In The Night" hits #1 on the UK singles chart.
1963 Marvin Gaye, 24, marries 41-year-old Anna Gordy, the daughter of Berry Gordy, his boss at Motown Records. They get divorced in 1977.
1962 Skeeter Davis records "The End of the World."
1962 Nick Rhodes (keyboardist for Duran Duran) is born Nicholas James Bates in Birmingham, England. He is instrumental in the band's success, introducing them to both the analogue synthesizer sound that becomes their signature and also driving them to focus on making creative music videos.
1961 Elvis Presley's movie Wild In The Country premieres in Memphis.
1960 Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red) is born in Manchester, England.
1959 The Clovers record "Love Potion #9."
1959 Bobby Darin's "Dream Lover" reaches its chart peak of #2 in America. His next single is something quite different: a song about a murderous cad called "Mack The Knife." That one goes to #1.
1954 Greg Ginn (guitarist for Black Flag) is born in Tucson, Arizona.
1953 Jeff "Worzel" Rich (drummer for Status Quo, The Climax Blues Band) is born in Hackney, London, England.
1953 Bonnie Tyler is born Gaynor Hopkins in Skewen, Neath, Wales.
Dolly Parton's "I Will Aways Love You" Hits #1
1974Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" goes to #1 on the Country chart. Nearly two decades later, Whitney Houston's R&B version tops the Hot 100 and becomes one of the best-selling singles of all time.
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2004 Bolstered by the hit singles "Helena" and "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)," My Chemical Romance goes mainstream with their second album, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge.More
2003 Billy Joel wins a Tony Award for the orchestration of his Broadway musical Movin' Out.
1996 Jars of Clay hit #37 with "Flood" - the first Top 40 hit for a Contemporary Christian band in the Alternative Rock era. Over the next few years, a steady stream of Christian Rock bands cross over, led by Creed.
1991 Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa get married. They have three children together.More
1990 Two days after a federal court declares the 2 Live Crew album As Nasty As They Wanna Be legally obscene, Charles Freeman, the owner of a record store in Ft. Lauderdale, is arrested for selling the album by six Broward county sheriff's deputies who are working undercover. He is later found guilty of selling obscene material and fined $1000. Police may have motive for targeting Freeman, as he is later arrested for selling cocaine.
1977 Kanye West is born in Atlanta, Georgia. He produces tracks for Jay-Z before starting his solo career in 2004 with his album The College Dropout.
1969 The Rolling Stones fire founding member Brian Jones, whose relationship with his bandmates has deteriorated beyond repair. Brian Jones tells the press he is leaving to "play my kind of music." Less than a month later, he is found dead at his home.
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