| 87 | years ago | 1939 | Edward Patten, one of Gladys Knight’s Pips, is born. |
| 73 | years ago | 1953 | Alex Lifeson, guitarist for Rush, is born. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | Elvis Presley plays host to The Beatles at his home in Bel-Air. The get-together last four hours. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | Columbia Records releases Bob Dylan's second electric album, Highway 61 Revisited. Hits include Like a Rolling Stone and Ballad of a Thin Man. |
| 60 | years ago | 1966 | The Association's Cherish is released. |
| 59 | years ago | 1967 | While studying with the Maharishi at University College in Bangor, North Wales, The Beatles learn that their manager Brian Epstein is dead. He was found locked in the bedroom of his London apartment. A coroner's inquest found he died of an overdose of the sleeping pill Carbitrol. The death is ruled accidental and the Maharishi tells The Beatles that Epstein's death, being in the realm of the physical world, is “not important.” |
| 49 | years ago | 1977 | Supertramp's Give A Little Bit peaks at #15 on the pop singles chart while Crosby, Stills and Nash's Just A Song Before I Go peaks at #7. |
| 44 | years ago | 1982 | Crosby, Stills & Nash's Daylight Again, the group's first album since the 1977 CSN, is certified gold. On the album is the current Top 20 tune Wasted on the Way. |
| 44 | years ago | 1982 | Led Zeppelin lead vocalist Robert Plant's solo effort Pictures at Eleven, his first recorded work since the group disbanded in the wake of the death of drummer John “Bonzo” Bonham, turns gold. The LP is currently in its seventh week on the Top Albums chart and its fifth straight week in the Top Ten. |
| 43 | years ago | 1983 | David Bowie's China Girl peaks at #10 on the pop singles chart while ZZ Top's Sharp Dressed Man peaks at #56. |
| 43 | years ago | 1983 | Asia's Alpha LP enters the chart. The album features the #10 hit, Don't Cry. |
| 38 | years ago | 1988 | Elton John's I Don't Want To Go On With You Like That peaks at #2 on the pop singles chart while Pat Benatar's All Fired Up peaks at #19. |
| 36 | years ago | 1990 | Blues-rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash, along with three members of Eric Clapton's band, in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin. |
| 34 | years ago | 1992 | John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to A Day In The Life sell for $87,000 at an auction. |
| 32 | years ago | 1994 | Jimi Hendrix' Woodstock LP hits #37 on the chart. |
| 31 | years ago | 1995 | Neil Young headlines the Redding Festival with Pearl Jam as his backing band. |