| 87 | years ago | 1939 | Soul singer Al Wilson is born. |
| 84 | years ago | 1942 | Spanky MacFarlane of Spanky and Our Gang is born. |
| 76 | years ago | 1950 | Ann Wilson of Heart is born. |
| 66 | years ago | 1960 | The Kingston Trio Show, to be aired six days a week at various times, debuts on CBS Radio. The five minute show is sponsored by 7-Up®. |
| 64 | years ago | 1962 | Singer, dancer, and American Idol judge Paula Abdul is born. |
| 62 | years ago | 1964 | Brian Vander Ark of Verve Pipe is born. |
| 53 | years ago | 1973 | The stage production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show opens in London. Tim Curry later reprises his role in the 1975 movie version. |
| 53 | years ago | 1973 | Edgar Winter's Frankenstein is awarded a gold record. |
| 50 | years ago | 1976 | Blue Oyster Cult releases the album, Agents of Fortune, which yields the hit single, Don't Fear the Reaper. |
| 50 | years ago | 1976 | Wild Cherry releases Play That Funky Music, a song that would make it to #1. |
| 46 | years ago | 1980 | Donna Summer becomes the first act to sign with Geffen Records, the new label started by David Geffen. |
| 44 | years ago | 1982 | The debut album by the supergroup Asia, entitled simply Asia, hits #1. |
| 44 | years ago | 1982 | Steve Miller begins his first tour in three years in Lake Tahoe to support his current LP Abracadabra. |
| 38 | years ago | 1988 | Over 3,000 East Germans gather at the Berlin Wall to hear Michael Jackson, who is performing a concert on the other side of the wall in West Berlin. |
| 19 | years ago | 2007 | Mandy Moore releases Wild Hope, a folk-pop CD recorded in the rustic Catskill Mountains of New York She co-wrote every song for it. John Alagia, who has worked with Dave Matthews, produced the acoustic album of heartbreak and personal growth themes. |
| 12 | years ago | 2014 | Lyricist Gerry Goffin, who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as Will You Love Me Tomorrow, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Halfway to Paradise and The Loco-Motion, dies at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 75. |
| 11 | years ago | 2015 | New Orleans jazz musician and composer Harold Battiste dies at the age of 83. Battiste’s work as a composer, producer and arranger helped shape the careers of Sonny and Cher, Sam Cooke, Dr. John and dozens of others since the 1960's. |