| 90 | years ago | 1935 | Abdul “Duke” Fakir of The Four Tops is born. |
| 85 | years ago | 1940 | Record producer Phil Spector is born. |
| 79 | years ago | 1946 | Bob Carpenter of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is born. |
| 70 | years ago | 1955 | Bill Haley and the Comets' See You Later Alligator is released by Decca Records. Topping out at #6 on the pop chart, it will be his biggest hit since Rock Around the Clock. |
| 69 | years ago | 1956 | Fats Domino's Blue Monday enters the pop chart, eventually to peak at #9. Mickey and Sylvia make their pop chart debut with Love is Strange, which peaks at #13. |
| 67 | years ago | 1958 | Johnny Cash tops a country & western bill also including Tex Ritter and the Sons of the Pioneers, opening at the Showboat Hotel in Las Vegas. |
| 63 | years ago | 1962 | The Scorpions' James Kottak is born. |
| 62 | years ago | 1963 | Lars Ulrich of Metallica is born. |
| 62 | years ago | 1963 | Capitol Records, the EMI-affiliated company which has rejected U.S. rights to every Beatles record offered so far, finally rush-releases I Want to Hold Your Hand backed with I Saw Her Standing There. Within five weeks, it will be #1. |
| 58 | years ago | 1967 | The Beatles self-directed film, Magical Mystery Tour premieres on BBC-TV. Audiences are mystified, critics either disapointed or contemptuous, and The Beatles suffer their first flop. |
| 57 | years ago | 1968 | Led Zeppelin begins its first U.S. tour. |
| 56 | years ago | 1969 | Peter Klett of Candlebox is born. |
| 49 | years ago | 1976 | Bluesman Freddie King dies in Dallas at the age of 42. He was a major influence on many British rockers such as Eric Clapton. |
| 38 | years ago | 1987 | Run D.M.C.'s Jason Mizell is hospitalized when his Jeep is hit head-on by a wrong-way driver. |