| 80 | years ago | 1945 | Pete Townshend, guitarist and vocalist for The Who, is born. |
| 76 | years ago | 1949 | ZZ Top guitarist and vocalist Dusty Hill is born. |
| 73 | years ago | 1952 | Ramones lead singer Joey Ramone is born. |
| 64 | years ago | 1961 | The Everly Brothers launch their own record label, Caliope, intending “to discover and develop new talent.” Their own recordings will continue to be issued exclusively by Warner Brothers. |
| 56 | years ago | 1969 | The Beatles' single Get Back is awarded a gold record for sales over 1 million; within a week it hits #1 in the U.S. |
| 52 | years ago | 1973 | Paul Simon releases Kodachrome. |
| 49 | years ago | 1976 | Rolling Stone member Keith Richards crashes his Bentley into a highway divider in Newton Pagnell, a town 50 miles north of London. Police take various substances from his vehicle and Richards is charged in August with possession of cocaine and marijuana. |
| 46 | years ago | 1979 | Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr perform with Eric Clapton, Denny Laine, and Mick Jagger at a wedding reception for Clapton and the former Mrs. Harrison, Patti Boyd. The two married the previous March. |
| 41 | years ago | 1984 | The Cars release Magic. |
| 39 | years ago | 1986 | Peter Gabriel releases his album, So. |
| 20 | years ago | 2005 | During an interview on UK television show GMTV, Spice Girl Melanie Brown is asked if the British girl band is likely to reform. She replies, “I think so. Hopefully, next year if we can get everything sorted out and together.” |
| 19 | years ago | 2006 | Photos in today’s New York Post show Britney Spears leaving The Ritz-Carlton Hotel with son Sean Preston in one hand and a glass in the other. She stumbles, apparently when her long pants tangle in her open-toed shoes. The baby’s head is flung back, knocking off his orange hat. But a quick-reacting bodyguard helps out so Britney doesn’t fall. Her parenting skills are getting media scrutiny after she was photographed earlier this week driving with her son in a forward-facing car seat. |