1957 The Tune Weavers record "Happy Happy Birthday Baby."
1953 Circuit Judge Vincent M. Brennan sings "April Showers" to prove he is musically qualified after giving his decision in a contract suit.
1952 Ernie Isley (of The Isley Brothers) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1946 Peter Wolf (lead vocalist for The J. Geils Band) is born Peter Walter Blankfield in the Bronx, New York.
1946 Matthew Fisher (organist for Procol Harum) is born in Croydon, England.
1945 Arthur Lee (frontman for the rock band Love) is born in Memphis, Tennessee.
1944 Townes Van Zandt is born in Fort Worth, Texas.
1943 Chris White (bass guitarist for The Zombies) is born in England.
1942 Disco drummer Bohannon is born in Newnan, Georgia.
1939 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians record "Auld Lang Syne."
1923 Mahlon Clark (clarinetist with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra) is born in Portsmouth, Virginia.
1918 Lena Guilbert Ford, who wrote the lyric to "Keep The Home Fires Burning," is killed in a zeppelin raid on her London home.
1917 "The Dixie Jass Band One Step," by Nick LaRocca's Original Dixieland Jass Band (Victor 18255), becomes the first jazz recording released for sale in the US.
1875 Composer Maurice Ravel is born in France.
The Supreme Court rules that parody constitutes fair use in deciding that 2 Live Crew's version of Roy Orbison's "(Oh) Pretty Woman" (where the woman is now big and hairy) is legal.
Read more2014 After completing treatment for an eating disorder, Ke$ha drops the $ from her stage name and changes her Twitter handle from @Ke$haSuxx to @KeshaRose ("Rose" is her middle name).More
2001 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reveal their list of the top 365 "Songs Of The Century" (some of which are not songs, but albums). "Over The Rainbow" is #1, followed by "White Christmas" and "This Land Is Your Land."More
1987 Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys becomes the first rap album to top the US chart. It stays at #1 for seven weeks.
1985 The song "We are the World" is released as a single, soon achieving massive chart success all around the world. The song, written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson, is recorded for charity to help battle famine in Africa. The supergroup USA for Africa brought together for the recording features a stunning list of big names in music - everyone from Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan to Ray Charles, Cyndi Lauper and Dionne Warwick.
1983 Bananarama release their debut album, Deep Sea Skiving, featuring a hit cover of Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" and the Top 10 UK entry "Shy Boy."
1983 The English new wave duo Tears For Fears release their debut album, The Hurting, featuring the melancholic "Mad World." The album is inspired by the work of American psychologist Arthur Janov, founder of primal therapy.More
1980 The Loretta Lynn biopic Coal Miner's Daughter, directed by Michael Apted, debuts in theaters. Sissy Spacek, who does her own singing, wins an Oscar for her portrayal of the country singer. Beverly D'Angelo costars as Lynn's mentor Patsy Cline.More
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