| 91 | years ago | 1934 | Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, educator, and father of musician sons Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason, is born in New Orleans. |
| 89 | years ago | 1936 | Blues singer Carey Bell is born. |
| 85 | years ago | 1940 | Freddie Garrity of Freddie & the Dreamers is born. |
| 78 | years ago | 1947 | Zydedco singer and musician Buckwheat Zydeco is born. |
| 76 | years ago | 1949 | James Young of Styx is born. |
| 74 | years ago | 1951 | Steven Bishop is born. |
| 70 | years ago | 1955 | A re-issue of Bill Haley & the Comets' Rock Around the Clock debuts, again, on the U.K chart. It's only the second of the song's five chart appearances. Others follow in 1956, 1968, and 1974. |
| 65 | years ago | 1960 | Billboard reports Elvis Presley's It's Now or Never has become the fastest selling single in U.K. history. It sold 780,000 copies in the first week of release. |
| 61 | years ago | 1964 | The Supremes' Come See About Me enters the Hot 100, where it will remain for 14 weeks, eventually becoming their third release in a row to reach #1. The Drifters' last Top Twenty hit, Saturday Night at the Movies, is in the Hot 100 and reaches #18. |
| 61 | years ago | 1964 | Nic Dalton of The Lemonheads is born, as is rapper Reverend Run of Run D.M.C.. |
| 55 | years ago | 1970 | Santana's Black Magic Woman is released. |
| 50 | years ago | 1975 | Travis Barker of Blink 182 is born. |
| 38 | years ago | 1987 | Sonny & Cher are prodded by David Letterman into singing I Got You Babe on his show. |
| 35 | years ago | 1990 | The Who's Pete Townshend confesses his bisexuality to Newsweek. Says Pete, “I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man”. |
| 33 | years ago | 1992 | A member of John Mellencamp's band, keyboardist John Cascella, is found dead in his car in Indiana. Authorities suspected that Cascella had a heart attack while driving. |
| 21 | years ago | 2004 | At the American Music Awards, Usher wins in all four categories in which he is nominated, and Outkast goes three-for-three. Usher's Confessions is best pop-rock album and best soul-R&B album. It sold a million copies in its debut week. Usher also wins for favorite male soul-R&B artist, and best pop-rock artist. Outkast's Speakerboxxx--The Love Below is chosen favorite rap-hip-hop album, and they win as favorite pop-rock band and favorite rap-hip-hop group. Other winners this night are Alicia Keys, country's Brooks & Dunn and Toby Keith, Sheryl Crow, and Linkin Park. Bon Jovi performs at the show, and wins a special merit award. And Ringo Starr introduces a rarely broadcast performance clip of The Beatles. |