In 1938, Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul and Mary was born. Junior Campbell of Marmalade was born in 1947. Led Zeppelin's John Bonham was born in 1948. In 1952, Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk was born. Danny Pearson of American Music Club was born in 1959. Wendy Smith of Prefab Sprout was born in 1963. Run-DMC's Darryl 'D' McDaniels was born in 1964. Steve White of The Style Council was born in 1965 and Andrew John Hurley of Fall Out Boy was born in 1980.
In 1961, Chuck Berry opened an amusement complex called Berry Park near St. Louis. It had a zoo, golf course and a Ferris wheel.
In 1962, The Beatles finished their seven weeks tour with a performance at the Star-Club in Hamburg, West Germany.
In 1965, Marianne Faithfull was a resident guest on BBC2 TV's Gadzooks! It's The In Crowd.
In 1966, The Monkees' first television series started filming.
In 1968, The Beatles added overdubs of bass and vocals on their Revolution or The White Album.
In 1969, Jimi Hendrix was on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine which was on sale for 35 cents.
In 1971, 36 Grateful Dead fans were treated for drinking L.S.D. laced cider.
In 1975, Freddy Fender was number one on the US' singles chart with his song "Before The Next Teardrop Falls". This was his only US number one hit. The Rolling Stones performed live from the back of a flat-bed truck as they were going down the street to a press conference that was held at the 5th Avenue Hotel in New York City. The conference was to announce their upcoming American tour.
In 1976, The Who was placed in the Guinness Book of Records for giving the loudest rock band performance which was measured at 120 decibels while playing at the Charlton Athletic Football ground.
In 1977, the Patti Smith group started their first of nine nights residency at New York's CBGB's. BBC announced that the Sex Pistol's single "God Save The Queen" was banned. The IBA warned the radio stations that if the song was played, the station would have breached Section 4:1:A of the Broadcasting Act. The song was number two on the UK's singles chart. The Police was at The Railway Hotel in Putney, London, England.
In 1980, Lipps Inc was number one on the US' singles chart with their song "Funkytown" which was also a number two hit in the UK. Paul McCartney was number one on the UK's album chart with his McCartney II. M*A*S*H*'s theme was number one on the UK's singles chart 10 years after being recorded.
In 1982, The Rolling Stones' performance at the 100 Club on Oxford St in London, England was sold out with 400 people attending. R.E.M. and I.R.S. Records, a record company based in California, signed a five-album deal.
In 1986, Peter Gabriel's second solo album So placed him at number one on the UK's album chart. At The Grove in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, The Notting Hillbillies had their live debut.
In 1989, at the International Music Awards in New York, the live debut featured David Bowie's Tin Machine.
In 1994, The Eagles was at the Irvine Meadows Theatre in California.
In 1997, Eternal started their first of three weeks as number one on the UK's singles chart with their "I Wanna Be the Only One" which was their only UK chart-topper.
In 1998, Geri Halliwell, also known as Ginger, announced she quit Spice Girls. Simply Red was number one on the UK's album chart with Blue. This was their fifth number one album. The Tamperen was number one on the UK's singles chart with their song "Feel It".
In 2000, Johnnie Taylor, member of The Highway QC's and the Five Echoes and also The Soul Stirrers, died of a heart attack.
In 2003, police in the UK said that thousands of people at the year's pop festivals would be given computerized drug tests.
In 2004, Robert Quine was found dead in his New York City home from a heroin overdose.
In 2005, Brian Harvey from East 17 was in critical condition at a London hospital after having fallen under the wheels of his Mercedes convertible.
And in 2008, Death Cab For Cutie's Narrow Stairs placed the band at number one on the US' album chart. This was their sixth album.
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