1942 Dave Lovelady (drummer/singer for The Fourmost) is born in Litherland, Liverpool, England. Known for the 1964 UK hit “A Little Loving.”
1947 Bob Weir (guitarist/vocalist for Grateful Dead) is born in San Francisco, California.
1951 Johnnie Ray records “Cry.”
1951 Little Richard records for the first time, laying down tracks at the Atlanta radio station WGST
1962 Little Richard appeared live at the Gaumont Theatre, Southampton.
1962 Motown Records package tour started in Washington DC, featuring Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Mary Wells, The Miracles and 12 year old Stevie Wonder.
1966 Grace Slick, replacing original Jefferson Airplane vocalist, Signe Anderson (who quit to have a baby), made her first appearance with the Airplane in San Francisco.
1968 Jay & the Americans record “This Magic Moment.”
1968 Jimi Hendrix Experience releases Electric Ladyland.
1973 Wishbone Ash supported by Home appeared at Sheffield’s City Hall
1973 Drummer Gene Krupa dies of leukemia in Yonkers, New York, at age 64.
1974 The Grateful Dead played at the Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California
1974 The Rolling Stones release It’s Only Rock N’ Roll.
1975 Bruce Springsteen begins a series of shows at The Roxy in Los Angeles, where he earns adulation from many celebrities and a glowing review in the L.A. Times.
1976 Disc jockey Rick Dees hit No. 1 in the U.S. with “Disco Duck,” a goofy number that envisions Donald Duck enjoying the spoils of the disco era.
1977 John Mayer is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1986 Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Robert Cray joined other artists on stage in St Louis, Mo., for Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday concert.
1988 U2, Ziggy Marley and Keith Richards are among the performers at the Smile Jamaica concert, which benefits victims of Hurricane Gilbert.
1989 Kate Bush releases her sixth studio album, The Sensual World.
1992 The Offspring release their second studio album, Ignition.
1992 Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary (of his recording debut) tribute concert took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1993 Aretha Franklin sings the US national anthem in Toronto before Game 1 of World Series between the Blue Jays and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies.
2001 -At his own concert in Bend, Ore., Bob Dylan was not allowed entrance backstage. Dylan had demanded that security be tighter during his post-9/11 “Love And Theft” tour. Two security guards were fired as a result.
2017 Ed Sheeran breaks his wrist and elbow in a biking accident, forcing him to cancel dates on his tour of Asia.
