| 87 | years ago | 1938 | Tina Turner is born. |
| 80 | years ago | 1945 | John McVie, bass player with Fleetwood Mac, is born. |
| 69 | years ago | 1956 | Famed swing-era band leader and trombonist Tommy Dorsey dies, the result of an accident in his Greenwhich, Connecticut home. In addition to bringing Frank Sinatra into the spotlight, Tommy and his brother Jimmy, conducted the Dorsey Brothers Stage Show, the first nationally broadcast TV show to feature Elvis Presley. |
| 59 | years ago | 1966 | The Temptations I'm Losing You enters the R&B chart where it will become the group's fourth straight #1. On the pop chart , the song peaks at #8. The tune will return in versions by Rare Earth in 1970 and Rod Stewart in 1971. |
| 57 | years ago | 1968 | Cream gives its last concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The crowd chants “God save the Cream.” Guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker continue to work together in Blind Faith. |
| 54 | years ago | 1971 | Tickets are so in demand for the Faces' Madison Sqaure Garden performance that the group breaks Led Zeppelin's sellout record for the New York area. |
| 52 | years ago | 1973 | The New York Dolls play their first show in a London restaurant. |
| 49 | years ago | 1976 | 10cc breaks up. |
| 46 | years ago | 1979 | Fleetwood Mac's first tour in two years begins in Pocatello, Idaho, just over a month after the release of the band's latest album, Tusk. |
| 43 | years ago | 1982 | Jazz trumpet giant Miles Davis is married for the third time, in New York City to actress Cicely Tyson. Comedian Bill Cosby is the best man. |
| 19 | years ago | 2006 | Two hours into a concert in Brisbane, Austrailia, Elton John leaves the stage without a word after being struck with nausea. Five minutes later, he returns and says, “I thought I’d better chunder in the toilet (rather) than all over the front row.” Feeling better, he performs for another 45 minutes. |