| 79 | years ago | 1946 | Bon Scott, singer for AC/DC is born. |
| 71 | years ago | 1954 | Debbie Sledge (Sister Sledge) is born. |
| 70 | years ago | 1955 | Pat Boone released his version of Ain't That a Shame which became his first #1 hit. (7/9. |
| 69 | years ago | 1956 | Dick Clark made his debut as host of Bandstand on a Philadelphia TV station. The name was changed to American Bandstand when it went to ABC-TV. |
| 68 | years ago | 1957 | Marc Almond, vocalist for Soft Cell, is born. |
| 67 | years ago | 1958 | Johnny Cash, following in the footsteps of ex-Sun Records artist Carl Perkins, signs with Columbia Records. |
| 67 | years ago | 1958 | A Minneapolis based Catholic youth magazine, Contacts, launches a campaign for “clean lyrics in pop songs.” Songs they target include Elvis Presley's Wear My Ring Around Your Neck because it promotes going steady. |
| 66 | years ago | 1959 | Jim Kerr, singer for Simple Minds is born. |
| 61 | years ago | 1964 | House Of The Rising Sun by the Animals hits #1 on the U.K. singles chart. |
| 57 | years ago | 1968 | The Temptations perform at the Valley Forge Music Festival with David Ruffin. He was apparently fired by Motown Records because he wanted to change the group's image from “the suits, ties and patent shoes” to “go deep into the soul bag.” |
| 56 | years ago | 1969 | Courtney Love is born. |
| 54 | years ago | 1971 | Jim Morrison is buried at P'ere Lachaise Cemetary in Paris. |
| 53 | years ago | 1972 | Paul McCartney & Wings, traveling aboard their double-decker bus, open a 26-stop European tour with a stop in Chateauvillon, France. It's McCartney's first time on the road since The Beatles broke up. |
| 51 | years ago | 1974 | Crosby, Stills, and Nash start their reunion tour in Seattle. |
| 48 | years ago | 1977 | KISS' Love Gun LP enters the chart. |
| 48 | years ago | 1977 | Elvis Costello quits his day job as a computer operator at a cosmetic factory. |
| 48 | years ago | 1977 | Bob Marley and the Wailers' Exodus LP enters the chart. |
| 47 | years ago | 1978 | Steve Miller's Jet Airliner peaks at #8 on the pop chart. |
| 47 | years ago | 1978 | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones jam with Muddy Waters at Chicago's Quiet Knight. |
| 44 | years ago | 1981 | The Jacksons begin a 36-city tour. The show will gross $5.5 million. They donate $100,000 to the Atlanta Children's Foundation following a show at the Omni in Atlanta. Later, Epic Records releases The Jacksons Live. |
| 42 | years ago | 1983 | The Police's Every Breath You Take peaks at #1 on the pop chart -- a position it will hold for 9 weeks. |
| 42 | years ago | 1983 | Stevie Nicks' album The Wild Heart enters the chart. It features the smash hit, Stand Back. |
| 42 | years ago | 1983 | Elton John's hit I'm Still Standing hits #12 on the singles chart. |
| 37 | years ago | 1988 | Elton John's Reg Strikes Back LP enters the chart. It will stay for 19 weeks and features the hit, I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That. |
| 37 | years ago | 1988 | Steve Winwood's Roll With It LP enters the chart. It will stay on the chart for 31 weeks eventually hitting #1. The LP features the #1 hit, Roll With It. |
| 35 | years ago | 1990 | Keith Richards right index finger becomes inflamed after a concert in Glasgow. It is diagnosed as being septic. A week of shows are postponed, the first time that the Stones miss a show due to a band member's illness or injury. |
| 33 | years ago | 1992 | Mick Jagger becomes a grandfather when daughter Jade gives birth to a baby girl. |
| 32 | years ago | 1993 | The Rolling Stones begin a month of sessions at Ron Wood's house in Ireland. |
| 31 | years ago | 1994 | John Mellencamp's Dance Naked LP enters the chart. The album features the hit Wild Night, a duet with MeShell NdegeOcello. |
| 31 | years ago | 1994 | The Kiss tribute album, Kiss My Ass, Classic Kiss Regrooved enters the chart. The LP features Kiss songs done by artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Wonder and Garth Brooks. |
| 30 | years ago | 1995 | The Grateful Dead give their last concert with leader Jerry Garcia at Chicago's Soldier Field. Jerry dies a month later while in drug rehab of a heart attack. |
| 26 | years ago | 1999 | Rolling Stone singer Mick Jagger's marriage to model Jerry Hall is officially annulled in a London court, ending eight years of marriage and a 22-year relationship. |
| 25 | years ago | 2000 | Elton John performs with The Backstreet Boys (minus A.J. McLean) at Party in the Park 2000 at London's Hyde Park. |
| 21 | years ago | 2004 | For her 40th birthday, Courtney Love gets a bench warrant as a present. She is a no-show for arraignment in Los Angeles on an assault charge. She is in New York City that day, and her attorney says she was confused about whether she was required to attend the California hearing. She forfeits $55,000 bail, and new bail is set at $150,000. |
| 11 | years ago | 2014 | John Spinks, who provided the ringing guitar riffs to the Outfield’s No. 6 1986 hit Your Love, has dies at age 60 after a lengthy battle with liver cancer.
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