| 83 years ago (1941) | David Clayton-Thomas, vocalist for Blood Sweat & Tears, is born. |
| 80 years ago (1944) | Peter Cetera, former bass player and vocalist for Chicago is born. |
| 60 years ago (1964) | New York DJ Murray the K hosts the conclusion of the ten day rock & roll extravaganza at Brooklyn's Fox Theatre, held to compete against the Animals ten day run at Brooklyn's Paramount Theatre. Acts on the Fox bill include Marvin Gaye, the Miracles, Martha & the Vandellas, the Contours, the Supremes, the Searchers, the Temptations, Jay & the Americans, the Dovells, the Newbeats, Little Anthony & the Imperials, the Shangri-las and the Ronettes. The Fox show outdraws the concurrent Paramount show. |
| 59 years ago (1965) | The Beatles release the single, Yesterday/Act Naturally. This is also the day they win their first Grammy -- for Best Group and for their A Hard Days Night LP. |
| 59 years ago (1965) | Ringo Starr and his wife Maureen give birth to son, Zak. |
| 55 years ago (1969) | John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band, which included Eric Clapton on guitar, makes a surprise live debut at the Rock n' Roll Revival Concert in Toronto. The concert is recorded for the live album, Live Peace in Toronto. |
| 55 years ago (1969) | Santana's debut album enters the LP chart. |
| 50 years ago (1974) | Stevie Wonder starts his first tour since his near-fatal car accident at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island. The night before a bash is held in Wonder's honor at Delmonico's Hotel. Among the attendees were Mick Jagger, Roberta Flack, Dudley Moore and Andy Warhol. |
| 49 years ago (1975) | Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run LP enters the chart. |
| 48 years ago (1976) | Singer Fiona Apple is born. |
| 48 years ago (1976) | Peter Frampton's fourth solo album, Frampton, goes gold. It's his commercial breakthrough album containing the hits Show Me the Way and Baby I Love Your Way. |
| 44 years ago (1980) | Jackson Browne has the first #1 album of his career with the platinum Hold Out, his first LP in well over two years. |
| 42 years ago (1982) | RCA Records announces David Bowie has left for the South Seas where he'll begin filming Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. It's a World War II drama by noted Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, who did In the Realm of the Senses, a film which sparked much controversy in the U.S. because of the way it portrayed various sexual perversities. |
| 41 years ago (1983) | Huey Lewis and the News' Sports LP is released. |
| 39 years ago (1985) | Sting begins his first solo tour in San Diego in support of his album, Dream Of The Blue Turtles. |
| 35 years ago (1989) | Bruce Springsteen records Viva Las Vegas for the Elvis Presley tribute album, The Last Temptation of Elvis. |
| 35 years ago (1989) | Sting makes his stage debut in the Threepenny Opera in Washington, D.C. to poor reviews. |
| 33 years ago (1991) | Alice Cooper sells copies of his new record, Hey Stoopid for 99 cents in New York's Times Square. |
| 31 years ago (1993) | Late Night with Conan O'Brien makes its premiere on NBC. E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg is the show's band leader with the Max Weinberg 7. |
| 28 years ago (1996) | Rapper Tupac Shakur dies in a Las Vegas hospital -- six days after suffering gun shot wounds while inside a Mercedes. |
| 5 years ago (2019) | Eddie Money, the prolific singer and songwriter whose songs Baby Hold On, Two Tickets to Paradise, Shakin' and Take Me Home Tonight soundtracked popular music in the 1980s, dies at the age of 70 from esophageal cancer. |