Danny Cedrone of Bill Haley & His Comets was born in 1920 and Chet Atkins in 1924. Billy Guy of The Coasters and Mickie Most of The Most Brothers were born in 1936 and Jerry Keller in 1937. Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys was born in 1942, Anne Murray in 1946, Don Airey of Deep Purple in 1948, and Lionel Richie of The Commodores in 1949. In 1953, Alan Longmuir of Bay City Rollers was born, Michael Anthony of Van Halen in 1954, and Kelly Johnson of Girlschool and Simon Underwood of Pigbag in 1958. Chris Gibson of The Gibson Brothers and John Taylor of Duran Duran were born in 1960, Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam in 1966, Murphy Karges of Sugar Ray in 1967 and Jeordie Osborne White of Marilyn Manson in 1968. Chino Moreno of Deftones was born in 1972 and Charlotte Hatherley of Ash was born in 1979.
In 1948, Toast of the Town, later renamed The Ed Sullivan Show, premiered on CBS-TV. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis starred on that night's program.
In 1953, Eddie Fisher's "I'm Walking Behind You" was number one on the UK's singles chart.
In 1963, Gerry and the Pacemakers was number one on the UK's singles chart with their song "I Like It".
In 1964, The Beatles performed a third night at Sydney, Australia's Sydney Stadium.
In 1965, The Beatles started their 14-day European tour by making two performances at Paris, France's Palais De Sports.
In 1969, "Space Oddity" by David Bowie was recorded at Trident Studios London. The first of three days at the Festival in Newport, Cal., featured Ike and Tina Turner, The Rascals, Marvin Gaye and other artists.
In 1971, on the UK's singles chart, Middle of the Road's "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" was number one, number two was Dawn's "Knock Three Times", third was Tony Christie's "I Did What I Did For Maria", Blue Mink's "The Banner Man" was fourth and fifth was Tammi Lynn with "I'm Gonna Run Away From You".
In 1973, Bruce Tate of The Penguins died. Neil Diamond appeared on American Bandstand.
In 1974, at Knebworth Park in Stevenage, England, appearances were made by Van Morrison, The Allman Brothers, Tim Buckley and others.
In 1980, Fleetwood Mac's first of six sold out nights for their UK tour was performed at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
In 1981, Stars on 45 was number one on the US' singles chart for a medley of Beatles songs that were set to a disco beat.
In 1985, in San Francisco, Cal., Johnny Marr of Smiths married Angela Brown.
In 1986, at the "Prince's Trust Rock Gala" in London, England, Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Tina Turner and Elton John made appearances.
In 1987, The Firm's "Star Trekkin'" was number one on the UK's singles chart. At the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Tex., Aerosmith made an appearance for the first night of their 147-day Permanent Vacation world tour.
In 1989, The Stones Roses made an appearance at the Riverside in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, during a UK tour.
In 1992, Mariah Carey's "I'll Be There" was number one on the US' singles chart.
In 1995, Jeff Buckley's first night of a UK tour was performed at The Queens Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland.
In 1997, The Four Tops' Lawrence Payton died of liver cancer.
In 1998, at the Ozzfest, Milton Keynes Bowl, England, Black Sabbath, Korn, Life of Agony and others made appearances. Embrace's The Good Will Out was number one on the UK's album chart. Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds' "Three Lions '98" was number one on the UK's singles chart.
In 1999, Jamiroquai's Synkronized was number one on the UK's album chart. The Vengaboys' "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!" was number one on the UK's singles chart.
In 2000, The Ronettes were awarded royalties that had been held by Phil Spector.
In 2004, Britney Spears' "Everytime" was number one on the UK's singles chart. For a Paul McCartney concert in Petersburg, Russia, organizers hired three jets to spray dry ice in the clouds so that it wouldn't rain.
In 2006, Claydes Charles Smith of Kool & the Gang died from a long illness.
In 2008, Jimmy Buffett announced Margaritaville Holdings partnered with Coastal Marina to buy Trump Marina Hotel Casino.
Finally in 2009, Dave Matthews Band's Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King was number one on the US' album chart.
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