| 86 | years ago | 1940 | Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is born. |
| 85 | years ago | 1941 | Mike Love of the Beach Boys is born. |
| 82 | years ago | 1944 | Sly Stone, guitarist and founder of Sly and the Family Stone, is born. |
| 71 | years ago | 1955 | Colonel Tom Parker becomes Elvis Presley's manager. Parker's previous show-business experience included managing country stars Hank Snow, Eddy Arnold, and Gene Autry. Parker manages Presley all his life and after his death. |
| 64 | years ago | 1962 | Terence Trent D'Arby is born. |
| 60 | years ago | 1966 | Winners of the eighth annual Grammy awards for 1965 are announced. Record of the Year is A Taste of Honey by Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass. Album of the year is Frank Sinatra's September of My Years. Song of the Year is The Shadow of Your Smile by Paul Francis Webster and Johnny Mandel. |
| 58 | years ago | 1968 | The Diocese of Rome announces it deplores but won't prohibit “rock & roll masses” at the Church of San Lessio Falconieri. |
| 58 | years ago | 1968 | Life dubs Jimi Hendrix “the most spectacular guitarist in the world.” |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | Singer Robert John scores with a remake of the Tokens' #1 hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight. John's version goes Top Fifteen and earns him a gold record. |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | Los Angeles Radio station KHJ is raided by L.A. police after calls from listeners who feared there'd been a revolution at the station from 6:00 to 7:30 in the morning. DJ Robert W. Morgan had played Donny Osmond's Puppy Love over and over. The police left without making any arrests. |
| 48 | years ago | 1978 | American Hot Wax, a film about a week in the life of pioneer rock & roll disc jockey Alan Freed, premieres in New York. The soundtrack features Jackie Wilson, Buddy Holly, the Moonglows, Drifters, Spaniels, Cadillacs, Zodiacs and others. |
| 27 | years ago | 1999 | Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Dusty Springfield, the Staples Singers, Del Shannon, Curtis Mayfield and Beatles producer George Martin are among those inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Springfield died just 11 days before. |
| 27 | years ago | 1999 | Shock rocker Marilyn Manson is injured after slipping and falling during a concert at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, CA. The concert ends early. |
| 11 | years ago | 2015 | Mike Porcaro, the longtime bass player for Grammy-winning rock band Toto, dies at 59 following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease).
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