| 68 | years ago | 1958 | Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock becomes the first single ever to enter the U.K. pop chart at #1. |
| 64 | years ago | 1962 | Sam Cooke's Twistin' the Night Away, later done by Rod Stewart, is released on RCA Records. It will make it up to #9 on the pop chart. |
| 62 | years ago | 1964 | Producer Phil Spector appears as a panelist on the British rate-a-record TV program Juke Box Jury. |
| 57 | years ago | 1969 | Creedence Clearwater Revival releases the Bayou Country LP, which featured the songs Proud Mary and Born on the Bayou |
| 55 | years ago | 1971 | Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane become the proud parents of a baby girl, whom they originally want to name God, but settle on China. |
| 55 | years ago | 1971 | Charles Manson and three female members of his “family” are found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and seven counts of murder in the first degree and are sentenced to life imprisonment. During one of the most sensational trials in history, it was revealed that Manson regarded The Beatles as angels who communicated to him through their music. In particular, he cites Helter Skelter, Piggies, Revolution 9 and other songs on the The White Album. |
| 47 | years ago | 1979 | The Cars win the Rolling Stone Magazine annual readers' poll as the best new band of the year. |
| 46 | years ago | 1980 | Paul McCartney is released from a Tokyo jail where he'd been imprisoned for ten days after trying to carry a half-pound of marijuana through customs at the Tokyo airport. |
| 46 | years ago | 1980 | The day after his birthday, comedian John Belushi of Saturday Night Live and Blues Brothers fame jams with punk rockers, the Dead Boys, at The Whiskey in Los Angeles. |
| 44 | years ago | 1982 | Johnny Cash's country-rock-singing daughter Rosanne and her country-rock singer/songwriter husband Rodney Crowell, have a daughter, Chelsea Jane. |
| 40 | years ago | 1986 | Bruce Springsteen's My Hometown peaks at #6 on the chart. |
| 32 | years ago | 1994 | Singer Markey Mark is sued by a Portland, Oregon woman who says she was trampled during one of his shows. She says he invited the crowd to rush the stage after he stripped down to his underwear. |
| 27 | years ago | 1999 | The Rolling Stones open their “No Security” tour in Oakland, CA. It is the band's first arena tour in more than two decades. |