1970 Toby Smith (keyboardist for Jamiroquai) is born in London, England.
1970 Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rosie" is certified gold.
1969 New York underground newspaper Rat becomes the first publication to compile the various rumored "clues" to the "Paul Is Dead" phenomenon.
1969 Douglas "SA" Vincent Martinez (vocalist, DJ for 311) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1965 Peter Timmins (drummer for Cowboy Junkies) is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1963 The Hollies record Stay With The Hollies.
1962 Einar Orn Benediktsson (trumpet player for The Sugarcubes) is born in Reykjavík, Iceland.
1961 Randy Jackson (of The Jackson 5) is born Steven Randall Jackson in Gary, Indiana. As the ninth child, he's both the youngest Jackson brother and youngest child in the family until baby sister Janet is born in 1966.
1958 While still stationed in Germany with the US Army, Private First Class Elvis Presley takes in a Bill Haley show for the troops at Stuttgart.
1957 Bobby Helms records "Jingle Bell Rock."
1955 Roger O'Donnell (keyboardist for The Cure) is born in London, England.
1955 "Autumn Leaves" by Roger Williams hits #1 in America.
1955 Kevin DuBrow (lead singer of Quiet Riot) is born in Los Angeles, California.
1949 David Paton (bassist, guitarist for Pilot) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1947 Frank Sinatra records "What'll I Do?"
"Islands in the Stream," written by the Bee Gees and intended for Marvin Gaye, goes to #1 in the US as a duet by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.
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1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood release their debut album, Welcome To The Pleasuredome, in the UK.More
1983 Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon album breaks the record for most weeks on the Billboard albums chart when it eclipses Johnny's Greatest Hits by Johnny Mathis with 491 weeks. Dark Side remains on the chart until 1988, when it drops off with 724 weeks. Thanks to reissues and promotions, it returns from time to time, notching over 880 weeks on the chart in total.
1972 Diana Ross and her husband Robert Ellis Silberstein have their second child, Tracee Ellis Ross. She becomes an actress, starring in the TV series Girlfriends and Black-ish.More
1966 Powered by a captivating Vox Continental organ riff and a lead singer who always wears sunglasses and goes by the name of "?", "96 Tears" by ? & the Mysterians hits #1 in America.More
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