| 102 | years ago | 1924 | Blues singer and guitarist Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown is born. |
| 90 | years ago | 1936 | The singing cowboy, Gene Autry, records Back in the Saddle Again. |
| 69 | years ago | 1957 | Army reserve Lieutenant Buddy Knox, whose Party Doll was a recent #1, is called up for six months of active duty. Roulette Records' A&R team, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore rush Knox to the studio to cut over 20 songs to ensure his career does not stall while he's in uniform. It does anyway. |
| 68 | years ago | 1958 | Les Pattinson of Echo & The Bunnymen is born. |
| 56 | years ago | 1970 | Greg Eklund of Everclear is born. |
| 51 | years ago | 1975 | Alice Cooper's first TV special, Welcome To My Nightmare: The Making Of A Record Album airs. |
| 45 | years ago | 1981 | British progressive rock band Yes announces its break-up. During its 13-year career, the group became one of the world's most popular exponents of intricate, mystical, symphonic rock, despite the fact that they only had one big chart hit, Roundabout. It went to #13 in 1972. Of course, they reunite on numerous occasions over the years. |
| 41 | years ago | 1985 | Wham's Make It Big LP is released in China, making it the first Western album to be released there. |
| 38 | years ago | 1988 | The Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. |
| 30 | years ago | 1996 | Former Chic bassist Bernard Edwards dies following a bout with pneumonia. |
| 20 | years ago | 2006 | 2 Seas Records, owned by the son of Bahrain’s king, announces that Michael Jackson has returned to the studio and plans to release a new album on its label next year. The King of Pop’s last album of new material was 2001’s Invincible. |