1931 Country singer George Jones is born in Saratoga, Texas.
1944 R&B singer Barry White is born Barry Eugene Carter in Galveston, Texas. He is raised in South Central Los Angeles
1952 Neil Peart is born near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1964 The Supremes, The Shangri-La’s, Marvin Gaye, Dusty Springfield, The Ronettes, Millie Small, The Temptations, The Miracles and Little Anthony and the Imperials played at The Fox Theatre, Brooklyn, New York.
1968 Led Zeppelin played at the Stora Scenen in Stockholm, Sweden.
1970 Bob Dylan joined Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie at the Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert held at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California.
1972 The Faces played at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
1975 Pink Floyd release the album Wish You Were Here.
1980 Queen played at Kemper Arena, Kansas City in Missouri.
1987 Michael Jackson played at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan
1990 Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac announced they were leaving the band at the end of their current tour
2000 Lynyrd Skynyrd release Christmas Time Again, their first Christmas album.
2003 Johnny Cash died in a Nashville hospital. He was 71.
2008 Metallica release Death Magnetic, produced by Rick Rubin
2015 Bryn Merrick from the Damned died.
2011 Ed Sheeran’s debut album, +, is released in the UK
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