| 77 | years ago | 1949 | Eric Carmen, vocalist for the Raspberries, is born. |
| 71 | years ago | 1955 | Solo artist Joe Jackson is born. |
| 70 | years ago | 1956 | Elvis Presley's Don't Be Cruel is released. |
| 69 | years ago | 1957 | Just nine days after being on The Big Beat, Jerry Lee Lewis returns. He again closes with Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On. By the end of the month it will top both the Country & Western and R&B charts. |
| 64 | years ago | 1962 | Booker T. and the MG's instrumental song, Green Onions, is released on Stax Records. It will make it up to #3 on the pop charts. |
| 60 | years ago | 1966 | John Lennon's controversial remark about the band being more popular than Jesus Christ is taking its toll. Stock in the band's record company, Capitol, is dropping and the city fathers of Memphis request the cancellation of an upcoming Beatles concert in the city. John apologizes for his remarks at a televised press conference. |
| 58 | years ago | 1968 | The first Beatles single on their own Apple Records is released. Hey Jude b/w Revolution. |
| 58 | years ago | 1968 | Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Charlie Sexton is born. |
| 57 | years ago | 1969 | Diana Ross invites 350 guests to a Beverly Hills club to see the newest Motown act, The Jackson 5. |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | Elvis and Priscilla file for divorce. They had married in May of 1967. |
| 53 | years ago | 1973 | After seeing KISS play at a New York hotel, producer Bill Aucion offers to become their manager and promises a record deal. |
| 53 | years ago | 1973 | The Edgar Winter Group's Free Ride is released. |
| 51 | years ago | 1975 | Aerosmith's Toys In The Attic LP goes gold. |
| 44 | years ago | 1982 | The debut of Anglo-American pop-rock band, the Pretenders is certified platinum about three years after it's released. The LP contained two hits, Brass in Pocket and Kid. |
| 44 | years ago | 1982 | Amada Grace Sudano is born to Donna Summer and her husband, Bruce Sudano. |
| 41 | years ago | 1985 | Duran Duran's lead singer Simon LeBon's boat capsizes off the English coast during a race. He's rescued by the Royal Navy after he spends 40 minutes trapped in an underwater air pocket. |
| 40 | years ago | 1986 | After almost 20 years, six Monkees albums that were re-released, re-enter Billboard's LP chart. |
| 30 | years ago | 1996 | Mel Taylor, drummer for the Ventures, dies of lung cancer in Tarzana. He is 62. |
| 6 | years ago | 2020 | Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of Lemon Tree and If I Had a Hammer in the 1960s, and for Hollywood movies like The Dirty Dozen, dies. He was 83. |