| 81 | years ago | 1944 | Reggae legend Peter Tosh is born. |
| 80 | years ago | 1945 | Patrick Simmons, guitarist and vocalist with the Doobie Brothers, is born. |
| 59 | years ago | 1966 | The Yardbirds arrive in New York for their first U.S. tour, with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on lead guitars. After two dates of the tour, Beck leaves and Page takes over lead guitar. |
| 58 | years ago | 1967 | Tamla-Motown releases Smokey Robinson & the Miracles I Second That Emotion. The record climbs to #4 on the pop chart and #1 of the R&B, making it their biggest hit since Shop Around in 1960. |
| 57 | years ago | 1968 | At the invitation of Small Faces singer/guitarist Steve Marriott, singer/guitarist Peter Frampton of the Herd joins the Small Faces during a performance in London. This sets the stage for Humble Pie, the group Marriott and Frampton leave their respective groups to form. |
| 52 | years ago | 1973 | David Bowie releases Pin Ups, a collection of mid-Sixties cover versions. Posing next to Bowie on the cover is model Twiggy. |
| 48 | years ago | 1977 | One of the more popular black rock and roll acts this year is the Brothers Johnson (George and Louis). Their Strawberry Letter 23 is certified gold on this date, having recently hit #1 on the R&B chart and #5 on the pop chart. |
| 46 | years ago | 1979 | Journey continues on the course started by last year's Infinity with their new release, Evolution. The record, with Steve Perry behind the mic, does even better, surpassing sales of one million on this date. |
| 44 | years ago | 1981 | Though it yielded only one minor hit single in Backfired, Koo Koo, the solo album by Blondie's Deborah Harry, goes gold today. |
| 11 | years ago | 2014 | Raphael Ravenscroft, who played the sax solo on Gerry Rafferty’s 1978 #2 hit, Baker Street, dies at age 60, apparently from a heart attack. |