| 85 | years ago | 1941 | Singer Curtis Mayfield is born. |
| 80 | years ago | 1946 | Singer Ian Hunter is born. |
| 76 | years ago | 1950 | Singer Suzie Quatro is born. |
| 74 | years ago | 1952 | Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell is born. |
| 62 | years ago | 1964 | The Beatles' Ringo Starr collapses during a photo shoot for the Saturday Evening Post in London. He is hospitalized with tonsillitis and pharyngitis. The next day, The Beatles leave for a world tour with drummer Jimmy Nicol as Starr's replacement. Ringo returns June 12th in Australia. |
| 59 | years ago | 1967 | The Doors Light My Fire is released. In two months, the song is #1. |
| 59 | years ago | 1967 | Marvin Gaye and Tami Terrell make their debut as a duo on the R&B chart with Ain't No Mountain High Enough. |
| 57 | years ago | 1969 | Diana Ross' two pet dogs are poisoned by rat bait in her dressing room in Philadelphia. |
| 56 | years ago | 1970 | Head Kink Ray Davies jets from New York to London to re-record one word in the song Lola. The BBC banned commercial references in songs so instead of “Coca-Cola,” Ray had to say “cherry cola.” |
| 56 | years ago | 1970 | Jimi Hendrix's live album Band of Gypsies goes gold. |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | The Rolling Stones begin their eight week Exile On Main Street North American tour in Vancouver. Stevie Wonder is the opening act. |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | The Eagles Take It Easy is released. |
| 45 | years ago | 1981 | Phil Collins releases his first solo alum, Face Value. |
| 39 | years ago | 1987 | George Michael's I Want Your Sex is banned by the BBC. |
| 36 | years ago | 1990 | The self-proclaimed King Of Pop Michael Jackson is admitted to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after complaining of chest pains. Tests show he bruised some ribs during dance practice. |
| 35 | years ago | 1991 | Willie Nelson releases his Who'll Buy My Memories - The IRS Tapes LP. The album is comprised of tunes seized by the feds and will go toward paying off his $16 million tax bill. |
| 33 | years ago | 1993 | U2 signs a 10 year, six album deal with Island Records. The deal includes a 25% royalty rate. |
| 21 | years ago | 2005 | Chuck Leavell, set to play keyboards for The Rolling Stones on their tour this summer, appears at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana for the 25th anniversary celebration of PERC, the Property and Environmental Research Center. It favors free market approaches to environmentalism and advocates reductions in regulations. Chuck’s own Charlene Plantation in Macon, Georgia, with farmland converted to forest, is known for wildlife conservation and natural resource management. |
| 20 | years ago | 2006 | 22-year-old Zac Hanson marries longtime girlfriend Kate Taylor, 20, in Atlanta. |