| 83 | years ago | 1943 | Muff Winwood, bassist of Spencer Davis Group, is born. |
| 81 | years ago | 1945 | Rod Argent, of Argent and The Zombies, is born. |
| 73 | years ago | 1953 | Elvis Presley graduates from L.C. Humes High School in Memphis. |
| 65 | years ago | 1961 | Country singer Patsy Cline sustains serious head injuries and a fractured hip in a car accident in Madison, Tennessee. |
| 65 | years ago | 1961 | Culture Club lead singer Boy George is born. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | Paul McCartney records Yesterday. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | Bob Dylan records Like A Rolling Stone at Columbia Studio A in New York City. It's Dylan's first electric recording and it will make it up to #2. |
| 56 | years ago | 1970 | Grand Funk Railroad spends $100,000 for a block-long billboard in New York's Times Square to advertise its latest record, Closer to Home |
| 56 | years ago | 1970 | Derek and the Dominoes make their live debut in Britain. |
| 56 | years ago | 1970 | The Grateful Dead release their Workingman's Dead LP. The LP contains the tracks Casey Jones and Uncle John's Band. |
| 55 | years ago | 1971 | The first Hard Rock Cafe opens in London. |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | About 300 people crash the gate at a Rolling Stones concert in Tucson. Police are called and use tear gas to disperse the crowd. |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | The fifth show organized by actor Warren Beatty for Presidential candidate George McGovern is held at Madison Square Garden. Beatty coaxes several defunct acts to reunite including Simon & Garfunkel, Peter, Paul & Mary, and the comedy duo, Mike Nichols & Elaine May. |
| 50 | years ago | 1976 | Six years after their breakup, The Beatles garner yet another gold album with their Rock & Roll Music LP. |
| 47 | years ago | 1979 | Rolling Stone Magazine reports that after 10 years, Little Feat has broken up. In exactly 2 weeks, Little Feat leader/guitarist/singer Lowell George dies of a heart attack. |
| 45 | years ago | 1981 | Bruce Springsteen headlines a No Nukes concert at The Hollywood Bowl. Among those performing are Jackson Browne, Gary U.S. Bonds, Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash, Steven Stills, Nicolette Larsen, and others. |
| 38 | years ago | 1988 | The Fat Boys file a $5 million law suit against Miller Beer and Joe Piscopo for using their likeness in a Miller Lite “Rappin Fats” Piscopo commercial. |
| 31 | years ago | 1995 | More than 20 people in Columbus, Ohio call authorities to complain about a Ted Nugent concert that they say is too loud. Nugent refuses to turn the volume down because the concert is within legal noise limits. |
| 21 | years ago | 2005 | The video for Britney Spears new single Someday (I Will Understand) debuts during the one-hour series finale of Britney and Kevin: Chaotic on the UPN TV network. The reality TV series features the courtship, enagagement, and wedding of Spears and Kevin Federline through home videos shot mostly by the couple. |
| 21 | years ago | 2005 | The Backstreet Boys release the album Never Gone. They plan a 28-city tour to promote it, starting July 22 in West Palm Beach, Florida. |
| 10 | years ago | 2016 | Legendary rock guitarist Henry McCullough dies at the age of 72. An accomplished solo artist and studio session musician, McCullough is best known for his work with Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker’s Grease Band, Pink Floyd, and later, Paul McCartney’s Wings. He also uttered the words that looped at the end of Pink Floyd’s song Money: “I don't know. I was really drunk at the time.” |