| 93 | years ago | 1933 | Songwriter Mike Stoller is born. |
| 87 | years ago | 1939 | Neil Sedaka is born. |
| 66 | years ago | 1960 | Adam Clayton, bassist for U2, is born. |
| 64 | years ago | 1962 | Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard is born in New Orleans. |
| 62 | years ago | 1964 | Cash Box lists four Beatles singles in the top four positions on its chart: She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Please Please Me and Twist and Shout. All ready, Meet The Beatles has sold over 3-and-a-half million copies in the U.S. It's the most in recording history thus far. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | Freddie and the Dreamers' I'm Telling You Now enters the Hot 100, where it stays for eleven weeks, eventually climbing to #1 for two weeks starting April 10. It will be the biggest hit of the British Invasion band's brief career. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | The Kinks' Tired of Waiting for You is released and becomes their third Hot 100 entry. It will remain on the chart for eleven weeks, eventually climbing to #6. |
| 56 | years ago | 1970 | A group calling itself “Revolutionary Force 9” takes credit for three bombings in New York City. The New York Times notes a “possible connection to The Beatles song Revolution 9.” |
| 55 | years ago | 1971 | The Allman Brothers Band records its breakthrough album, Live at the Fillmore East. |
| 50 | years ago | 1976 | The O'Jay's enter the charts with the double-sided hit Livin' for the Weekend backed with Stairway to Heaven (not the same as Led Zeppelin's version). The hit will go on to be one of the three R&B #1 smashes this year. |
| 46 | years ago | 1980 | Pink Floyd's The Wall goes platinum a few weeks into its fifteen week stay at #1. The two-record set is largely the brainchild of bass player Roger Waters, who now emerges as the group's creative head. |
| 39 | years ago | 1987 | Bryan Adams' Heat of the Night becomes the first commercially released cassette single, or cassingle, in the U.S. |
| 39 | years ago | 1987 | Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
| 30 | years ago | 1996 | Mississippi lawmakers take away a commendation to Glen Ballard, who produced Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill LP. Some of the lawmakers were offended by the lyrics of You Oughta Know. |
| 30 | years ago | 1996 | Angry fans riot in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after waiting all night for Ramones tickets and finding out they are all gone. Several people are hurt. |