| 80 years ago (1939) | Soul singer Al Wilson is born. |
| 77 years ago (1942) | Spanky MacFarlane of Spanky and Our Gang is born. |
| 69 years ago (1950) | Ann Wilson of Heart is born. |
| 59 years ago (1960) | The Kingston Trio Show, to be aired six days a week at various times, debuts on CBS Radio. The five minute show is sponsored by 7-Up®. |
| 57 years ago (1962) | Singer, dancer, and American Idol judge Paula Abdul is born. |
| 55 years ago (1964) | Brian Vander Ark of Verve Pipe is born. |
| 46 years ago (1973) | The stage production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show opens in London. Tim Curry later reprises his role in the 1975 movie version. |
| 46 years ago (1973) | Edgar Winter's Frankenstein is awarded a gold record. |
| 43 years ago (1976) | Blue Oyster Cult releases the album, Agents of Fortune, which yields the hit single, Don't Fear the Reaper. |
| 43 years ago (1976) | Wild Cherry releases Play That Funky Music, a song that would make it to #1. |
| 39 years ago (1980) | Donna Summer becomes the first act to sign with Geffen Records, the new label started by David Geffen. |
| 37 years ago (1982) | Steve Miller begins his first tour in three years in Lake Tahoe to support his current LP Abracadabra. |
| 37 years ago (1982) | The debut album by the supergroup Asia, entitled simply Asia, hits #1. |
| 31 years ago (1988) | Over 3,000 East Germans gather at the Berlin Wall to hear Michael Jackson, who is performing a concert on the other side of the wall in West Berlin. |
| 12 years ago (2007) | Mandy Moore releases Wild Hope, a folk-pop CD recorded in the rustic Catskill Mountains of New York She co-wrote every song for it. John Alagia, who has worked with Dave Matthews, produced the acoustic album of heartbreak and personal growth themes. |
| 5 years ago (2014) | Lyricist Gerry Goffin, who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as Will You Love Me Tomorrow, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Halfway to Paradise and The Loco-Motion, dies at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 75. |
| 4 years ago (2015) | New Orleans jazz musician and composer Harold Battiste dies at the age of 83. Battiste’s work as a composer, producer and arranger helped shape the careers of Sonny and Cher, Sam Cooke, Dr. John and dozens of others since the 1960's. |