1905 Composer Dag Ivan Wiren was born.
1946 Richard Carpenter (of The Carpenters) is born in New Haven, Connecticut, but would later relocate to Downey, California.
1955 Buddy Holly, Larry Welborn, and Bob Montgomery opened a show for Elvis Presley in Lubbock, TX.
1956 Little Richard records “Good Golly Miss Molly.”
1956 Elvis’ first film, Love Me Tender, premiered.
1958 Jackie Wilson records “Lonely Teardrops.”
1959 Jim Reeves records “He’ll Have To Go.”
1961 Comedian Ken Dodd and The Beatles appeared at a charity evening raising funds for St John’s ambulance brigade at Liverpool’s Albany Cinema.
1961 Elvis Presley records “For The Millionth And The Last Time,” “Good Luck Charm,” and “Anything That’s Part Of You.”
1963 The Rip Chords record “Hey Little Cobra.”
1966 Pink Floyd, The Move, Denny Laine and Soft Machine all appeared at the launch for International Times at London’s Roundhouse.
1968 Stevie Wonder releases “For Once In My Life.”
1971 Pink Floyd kicked off a 30-date North American tour at the Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco, California.
1973 Stones guitarist Keith Richards is banned from entering France for two years
1973 Neil Young releases the live album Time Fades Away.
1974 Tom Waits releases his second album, The Heart of Saturday Night.
1979 Abba played their first concert in North America when they appeared in Vancouver, Canada.
1980 Blondie hit No. 1 on the charts with “The Tide Is High”
1980 R&B singer Bobby Lester (of The Moonglows) dies of cancer at age 49.
1985 Power Windows, Rush’s 11th album, is released
1987 Joe Satriani’s second full-length solo album, Surfing with the Alien, is released.
1990 David Bowie appeared as The Elephant Man on Broadway.
1991 The first day of the Guitar Legends festival is held at Seville, Spain. The 5-day festival features performances by Roger Waters, Joe Satriani and B.B. King.
1992 Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring after a gig in California, saying “Who wants to be touring at 46?”
1993 Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Gosling join J.C. Chasez and Keri Russell in the cast of The All-New Mickey Mouse Club.
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1997 Michael Jackson played the last date on the HIStory Tour at King’s Park Rugby Stadium, Durban, South Africa.
1998 Puff Daddy plays his first-ever UK show at the official opening of the new London venue Sound Republic in Leicester Square
1999 Folk singer/songwriter Terry Gilkyson (of The Easy Riders) dies from complications of an aneurysm in Austin, Texas, at age 83.
2006 Patti Smith closes down the celebrated Manhattan music club CBGB, playing the last show at the venue
2007 Jay-Z went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with American Gangster
2011 Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder and Usher all perform at Bill Clinton’s 65th birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles
2018 American singer and musician Roy Clark died aged 85 at his Tulsa home due to complications of pneumonia
