| 83 | years ago | 1942 | Jimi Hendrix is born. |
| 66 | years ago | 1959 | Charlie Burchill of Simple Minds is born. |
| 63 | years ago | 1962 | Charlie Benante of Anthrax is born, as is Mike Bordin of Faith No More. |
| 61 | years ago | 1964 | Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones is fined 16 pounds for driving offenses in Totenhall, England. |
| 60 | years ago | 1965 | The Lovin' Spoonful's You Didn't Have To Be So Nice is released. |
| 58 | years ago | 1967 | Capitol Records releases The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour album in the U.S. One side contains the songs from the movie of the same name, (I Am the Walrus, Fool on the Hill, Blue Jay Way, & Your Mother Should Know) The other side features singles previously unavailable on a long player (Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields Forever, Hello Goodbye, Baby You're A Rich Man, & All You Need Is Love) On December 8, EMI will release a double-EP containing only the songs from the film. Both the American LP and the British EP are big sellers; the film, however, is not. |
| 57 | years ago | 1968 | Steppenwolf's eponymous first album, which includes its biggest hits, Born to Be Wild and Magic Carpet Ride, is certified gold. |
| 56 | years ago | 1969 | The Rolling Stones open their four-night stand at Madison Square Garden, where the first two shows are recorded for their live album, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out. |
| 55 | years ago | 1970 | George Harrison releases his solo album All Things Must Pass, produced by Phil Spector and featuring lots of noted players like Eric Clapton, Dave Mason, Ringo Starr, and Jim Gordon. |
| 51 | years ago | 1974 | Yet another novelty song becomes a #1 hit in 1974, Carl Douglas' Kung Fu Fighting, which turns gold on this date. He tries a follow-up with Dance the Kung Fu. Some accuse him of lacking imagination. |
| 49 | years ago | 1976 | Queen's Somebody To Love is released. |
| 44 | years ago | 1981 | The British Phonographic Industry, with the endorsement of rock stars like Elton John, Gary Numan, Cliff Richard, 10cc, and the Boomtown Rats, places advertisements in the British press claiming that “Home taping is wiping out music.” |
| 44 | years ago | 1981 | A Thanksgiving concert by the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band scheduled at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida is canceled today because only 10,000 of 60,000 tickets have been sold. When the two groups played together eight years ago in New York, they drew over 600,000. |
| 38 | years ago | 1987 | Eurythmics member Dave Stewart and his wife, former Bananarama member Siobbhan Fahey, have a son. |
| 30 | years ago | 1995 | The Beatles' Anthology I sets a first week sales record, selling 1.2 million copies. |
| 20 | years ago | 2005 | Alastair Wallace Stewart is born at 2:24 a.m. at St. John and St. Elizabeth Hospital in London and weighs in at 7 lbs. 7 oz. He is son to Rod Stewart and former model Penny Lancaster. Stewart is present for, and participates in, the natural birth. Alastair was chosen for its Scottish origins, while Wallace is named in memory of Penny's grandfather, according to the musician's publicist, who adds that father, mother and son are all doing well. |