| 82 | years ago | 1944 | Richie Furay, guitarist with Buffalo Springfield and Poco, is born. |
| 77 | years ago | 1949 | Billy Joel is born. |
| 68 | years ago | 1958 | One day after Alan Freed is indicted for inciting unlawful destruction of property in Boston, he quits his job at WINS, New York citing what he sees as the station's failure to “stand behind my policies and principles.” |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at London's Royal Albert Hall, concluding is tour of Europe. He is being treated more like a pop icon than just a songwriter who likes to perform his songs. In the audience are The Beatles and Donovan who spend the evening with Dylan after the show. |
| 56 | years ago | 1970 | The Blues Images Ride Captain Ride is released. |
| 53 | years ago | 1973 | Mick Jagger adds $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 raised by the Rolling Stones' January benefit concert for victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake. |
| 52 | years ago | 1974 | Bruce Springsteen delivers a concert at Boston's Harvard Square Theater which inspires Rolling Stone editor/critic John Landau to write, “I have seen rock & roll's future and his name is Bruce Springsteen.” He will eventually becomes Bruce's manager/producer. |
| 52 | years ago | 1974 | Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Melanie, and other concerned musicians participate in a Friends of Chile benefit at New York's Felt Forum. The show's purpose is to raise legal aid funds for Chilean refugees and political prisoners. The concert brings in $30,000. |
| 48 | years ago | 1978 | Lead singer Fee Waybill of the Tubes falls off the stage during a show in England. He breaks his leg. |
| 38 | years ago | 1988 | Several Minnesota Department stores refuse to stock the newly released Prince album, Lovesexy because of its cover photo, which features a nude photo of him. |
| 36 | years ago | 1990 | Irish singer Sinead O'Connor refuses to perform on Saturday Night Live after Andrew Dice Clay is named as host. |
| 28 | years ago | 1998 | Jimmy Page appears on Saturday Night Live with rapper Sean Puffy Combs to perform Come With Me from the Godzilla movie soundtrack. The song sampled the guitar riff from Led Zeppelin's Kashmir. |