Floyd Butler of The Friends of Distinction was born in 1941, Freddie Stone of Sly and The Family Stone in 1946, Laurie Anderson and Tom Evans of Badfinger were both born in 1947 and Frank Eslersmith of Air Supply was born in 1948. Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden was born in 1954 and Richard Butler of Psychedelic Furs was born in 1956. In 1964, Maggie Dunne of We've Got a Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It was born, Stefan Schnfeldt of The Wannadies in 1965 and Brian McKnight in 1969. Claus Norreen of Aqua was born in 1970, Mark Wahlberg of New Kids On The Blocks in 1971, Dominic Chad of Mansun in 1974 and Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy was born in 1979.
In 1956, Elvis Presley made an appearance on the Milton Berle Show which aired on ABC-TV. While singing his song "Hound Dog", Presley made suggestive "gyrating" movements.
In 1959, Bob Zimmerman, singer/songwriter, graduated high school in Hibbing, Minn.
In 1961, Roy Orbison was number one on the United States' singles chart with his "Running Scared". It was number nine in the United Kingdom.
In 1964, The Rolling Stones made their first-ever live performance in the US at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, Cal.
In 1965, the soundtrack to The Sound of Music started its first of 10 weeks as number one on the UK's album chart.
In 1966, The Bowie Showboat included a performance by David Bowie, music and a Top Ten disco at the Marquee Club in London, England.
In 1968, The Jimi Hendrix Experience was on the Dusty Springfield TV show which was filmed in London, England.
In 1971, Grand Funk Railroad beat the previous record held by The Beatles for selling out New York's Shea Stadium in 72 hours. Paul McCartney started his first of two weeks at number one on the UK's album chart for his second solo album Ram.
In 1974, during a performance at Madison Square Gardens in New York City, NY, Sly Stone married Kathy Silva on stage.
In 1975, Syd Barrett turned up at a recording session at Abbey Road Studios in London, England as Pink Floyd was listening to playbacks of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a tribute to Barrett.
In 1976, at the Celtic Football Club in Glasgow, Scotland, The Who, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Little Feat, Outlaw and Streetwalkers made an appearance. J.J. Barrie was number one with his song "No Charge" on the UK's singles chart.
In 1977, Alice Cooper's boa constrictor, his co-star for live acts, died of a bite from a rat that was being fed to it for breakfast.
In 1979, Muddy Waters, who was 64, married Marva Jean Brooks on her 25th birthday.
In 1982, Roxy Music's Avalon gave them their third number one album on the UK's chart.
In 1983, U2 performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheater near Denver, Col. during a 48-day North American tour.
In 1988, Eric Clapton's wife filed for divorce after having been married since 1979. The Pet Shop Boys made their live debut at London's Piccadilly Theatre. They were part of an Anti-Section 28 Benefit concert.
In 1990, Jim Hodder of Steely Dan drowned in his swimming pool. Richard Sohl of the Patti Smith group died of a heart attack. Bobby Brown played his first of eight sold out nights at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
In 1993, Conway Twitty died of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Mariah Carey married Tommy Mottola in Manhattan, NY. Janet Jackson's self-titled album started its first of six weeks as number one on the US' album chart.
In 1997, Noel Gallagher of Oasis married Meg Matthews in Las Vegas, Nev. at the Little Church of The West. Ronnie Lane of Slim Chance died after battling multiple sclerosis for 20 years.
In 1999, Mel Torme, singer/songwriter, died at the age of 73.
In 2001, Madonna started her Summer Drowned World Tour in Cologne, Germany. Singapore officials threw out an appeal against a ban on Janet Jackson's All For You album that said the lyrics on it were not acceptable.
In 2002, Dee Dee Ramone of The Ramones died in his Hollywood, Cal. apartment from a heroin overdose.
In 2003, a grandfather was under investigation for setting up a pirate radio station in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. R. Kelly was not able to travel to Los Angeles, Cal. for being banned to Chicago. He had been charged with 21 child porn offenses the previous June.
In 2005, Oasis was number one on the UK's album chart with Don't Believe The Truth. Audioslave's Out of Exile placed them at number one on the US' album chart.
In 2007, at the murder trial of Phil Spector, jurors were shown a revolver that had been found at the feet of murdered Lana Clarkson in Spector's house. Memory Almost Full is Sir Paul McCartney's 21st solo album that was released.
In 2008, Ozzy Osbourne received damages and an apology after suing over a story that had appeared in the Daily Star, a UK newspaper, claiming he was ill at the Brit Awards.
Finally in 2010, BBC's "I'm In A Rock 'N' Roll Band" phone-in voting showed Led Zeppelin as the nation's favorite band.
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