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1959 Cherie Currie is born in Encino, California. As lead singer of The Runaways she is at the core of the LA party scene in the late 1970s, leading to a lifelong struggle with drug addiction.More

1958 The Crests release "16 Candles."

1958 Pop singer Stacey Q, known for the 1986 hit "Two of Hearts," is born Stacey Lynn Swain in Fullerton, California. She picks up her stage name as a member of the synthpop band Q, who borrowed its name from the James Bond tech scientist.

1957 John Ashton (guitarist for The Psychedelic Furs) is born in London, England.

1953 June Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters) is born in Oakland, California.

1953 Guitarist Shuggie Otis is born Johnny Alexander Veliotes, Jr. in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of R&B pioneer Johnny Otis. Shuggie composes the 1977 crossover hit "Strawberry Letter 23" for The Brothers Johnson.

1945 Deep Purple bass player Roger Glover is born in Wales.

1943 Leo Lyons (bassist for Ten Years After) is born David William Lyons in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

1943 Grass Roots frontman Rob Grill is born in Los Angeles, California.

1943 The Nat King Cole Trio records "Straighten Up and Fly Right."

1939 Harry James records "Concerto for Trumpet."

1937 Jimmy Bowen, producer of Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night," is born in Santa Rita, New Mexico. He starts his music career as a teen idol, singing the 1957 hit "I'm Stickin' With You."

1937 Country singer Frank Ifield is born in Coundon, Warwickshire, England to Australian parents. Known for a string of '60s hits, including "I Remember You" and "Lovesick Blues."

1937 Soul singer Luther Ingram is born in Jackson, Tennessee.

1935 Country singer Jack Reno, who has a Top 10 hit in 1967 with "Repeat After Me," is born in Bloomfield, Iowa.

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Michael Jackson Releases Thriller

1982

Michael Jackson releases Thriller, which becomes, by far, the best selling album worldwide.

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