| 72 | years ago | 1954 | Former Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin is born. |
| 64 | years ago | 1962 | The Beach Boys' Surfin' is getting airplay in Los Angeles and enters Billboard, bubbling under the Hot 100 chart at #118. |
| 62 | years ago | 1964 | The Beatles release I Want To Hold Your Hand in the U.S. |
| 58 | years ago | 1968 | Dr. K.C. Pollack of the University of Florida audio lab reports tests have found that the noise generated at rock & roll concerts is harmful to teenage ears. |
| 57 | years ago | 1969 | Elvis Presley records in Memphis for the first time since his early days with Sun records; the session eventually produces his 18th #1 hit single, Suspicious Minds. |
| 53 | years ago | 1973 | Eric Clapton has spent the last couple of years troubled by drug addiction. However, on this night he makes a triumphant comeback at London's Rainbow Theater. He sells out two shows as the set opens and closes with Layla. Afterward Clapton told a reporter, “I was very nervous, felt sick, the whole bit.” Referring to the audience he responded, “They don't know how much it helped me. |
| 50 | years ago | 1976 | The trial of seven Brunswick Records and Dakar Records employees on charges of bilking artists out of more than $184,000 in royalties began. The charges had been brought during a federal investigation for possible instances of payola. |
| 48 | years ago | 1978 | Elvis Presley's version of Paul Anka's My Way goes gold in five months after the King's death. Earlier, it had become one of Presley's 78 Top Twenty-five hits. |
| 48 | years ago | 1978 | The Police begin recording their debut album. |
| 47 | years ago | 1979 | Soul pop singer Danny Hathaway, known for his duets with Roberta Flack (Where Is the Love?) dies after jumping, (or falling-police couldn't reach a conclusion) from a 15th floor hotel room in New York City. According to his record company, Atlantic, Hathaway had been having some psychological problems and hadn't done much in the way of music lately. He was 34 years old. |
| 47 | years ago | 1979 | The Y.M.C.A. files a lawsuit against the Village People over their song, Y.M.C.A. The suit was later dropped. |
| 46 | years ago | 1980 | The Grateful Dead, Beach Boys and Jefferson Starship are the featured acts at a benefit concert for the people of Kampuchea, held at the Oakland Coliseum. |
| 33 | years ago | 1993 | Singer Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, GA for simulating a sex act onstage. It's the second time that the Augusta police department gets him for the same offense. |
| 20 | years ago | 2006 | Pop princess Kylie Minogue is still receiving treatment for breast cancer despite reports she has been given the all-clear, according to her publicist. The I Believe In You hitmaker was diagnosed with the disease in May last year, and immediately underwent surgery to remove a lump before beginning an intensive chemotherapy course. And while the 37-year-old is making a positive recovery from the disease, her treatment continues. The singer's spokesman says: “Fortunately we are still able to say we have received no news of a reoccurrence of the cancer. However, at this point in time Kylie's treatments are continuing.” But despite her continuing battle, Minogue remains determined to reschedule the Australian leg of her Showgirl tour, which she was forced to cut short when she discovered the cancer. The spokesman adds: “Kylie remains keen to return to work and in particular to reschedule the Showgirl tour.” |
| 15 | years ago | 2011 | Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks announce on New Orleanian Ellen DeGeneres' TV show that they'll kick off their “Heart and Soul Tour” about two months later in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. |