| 80 | years ago | 1946 | Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates is born. He eventually attends high school with New Orleans disc jockey Tom Owens. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | The Beatles release the single, Roll Over Beethoven. |
| 58 | years ago | 1968 | Another gold record for Aretha Franklin. Her seventh is her recording of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's I Say a Little Prayer. |
| 57 | years ago | 1969 | Bluesman Muddy Waters is seriously injured and three other people killed in a car crash near Chicago. |
| 57 | years ago | 1969 | Grand Funk Railroad's debut LP, On Time, enters the chart at #65, much to chagrin of rock critics, who launch an all-out assault on the group. Within the year, Grand Funk will be among the best selling acts in rock history. |
| 51 | years ago | 1975 | Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time with George Carlin as the guest host. The musical guests are Janis Ian and Billy Preston. The show really takes off the following week when it is highlighted by the reunion of host Paul Simon with his former partner, Art Garfunkel. |
| 40 | years ago | 1986 | The Pretenders release their single, Don't Get Me Wrong. It peaks at #10. |
| 38 | years ago | 1988 | Ringo Starr and his wife Barbara Bach travel to Tucson, Arizona for alcohol abuse treatment. They complete the program on November 25 and return to England. |
| 12 | years ago | 2014 | Paul McCartney rocks the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, serving up two encores with his concert. Fans scream as if for The Beatles, plus there are pyrotechnics. Paul tells stories about making the Venus and Mars album in New Orleans in the mid-70's. |
| 10 | years ago | 2016 | Jonny Lang serves up his blues guitar specialties at Manship Theatre in Baton Rouge. |