| 83 years ago (1942) | Allan Clarke of the Hollies is born. |
| 81 years ago (1944) | Dave Edmunds is born. |
| 60 years ago (1965) | The Crew-Cuts' cover of the Penguins' 1954 #1 R&B hit Earth Angel begins a 20-week run on the British charts. |
| 59 years ago (1966) | Decca Records releases the Rolling Stones' Aftermath in Britain. Featuring Mother's Little Helper, Under My Thumb, Goin' Home, Lady Jane, Out of Time another gems from their music arsenal. In two weeks, it will hit #1 for a nine-week stay at that position on the U.K. album chart. In the U.S., Aftermath will reach #2. |
| 58 years ago (1967) | Decca Records releases The Who's Happy Jack in the U.S. The record peaks at #24 making it The Who's first record to crack the top 70. |
| 57 years ago (1968) | Ed O'Brien of Radiohead is born. |
| 54 years ago (1971) | Rolling Stone magazine reports that the Illinois Crime Commission has issued a list of “drug-oriented rock records.” Included are Lets Go Get Stoned, A Whiter Shade of Pale and White Rabbit. |
| 52 years ago (1973) | Bette Midler receives a gold album for her recording debut. One of the year's hottest entertainers, Midler combines her schtick with elements of the big band era of the '40s and '50s. |
| 49 years ago (1976) | Gary Wright's Love Is Alive single is released. |
| 48 years ago (1977) | Ronnie van Zant and Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd present a gold disc awarded to them for One More from the Road to Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. This is in appreciation of their fans in Atlanta and because the LP was recorded there. |
| 43 years ago (1982) | Rolling Stone magazine reports on the growing trend towards EP's, or “Mini-Albums,” which have been successfully released by the B-52's, Devo and the Pretenders. |
| 43 years ago (1982) | Billy Joel is seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident on Long Island, New York. He goes to hospital and stays for over a month undergoing therapy on his injured hand. |
| 42 years ago (1983) | Pretenders guitarist Pete Farndon dies of a drug overdose. |
| 29 years ago (1996) | The rest of Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. A small portion had been scattered in the Ganges River in India 11 days earlier. |
| 26 years ago (1999) | The film Entropy makes its world debut at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. The movie features U2 in their acting debut. Bono is the only band member with lines in the romantic comedy starring Stephen Dorff and co-produced by Robert DeNiro. The band plays themselves. |
| 20 years ago (2005) | John Fred Gourrier of John Fred & His Playboy Band dies in Tulane Hospital in New Orleans due to complications from a failed kidney transplant. |
| 20 years ago (2005) | A three-judge panel dismisses a civil suit against rapper Eminem brought by the bully to which Eminem referred in the song Brain Damage on his 1999 release, The Slim Shady LP. Deangelo Bailey claimed he didn't beat up Eminem in the bathroom as badly as the song portrays, but he admitted he did “bump” and “shove” him. |