1946 Pete Agnew (bassist for Nazareth) is born in Dunfermline, Scotland.
1949 Steve Gaines (guitarist/songwriter for Lynyrd Skynyrd) is born in Seneca, Missouri, but would be raised in Miami, Oklahoma.
1959 Morten Harket, lead singer of the synthpop group a-ha, is born in Kongsberg, Norway.
1955 Little Richard records “Tutti Frutti” in New Orleans for Specialty Records
1966 Otis Redding played at The Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey, England.
1968 Roy Orbison’s house in Nashville burned down, and his two eldest sons both died in the blaze
1971 Led Zeppelin played at Berkley Community Theatre, Berkley, California.
1973 Donny Osmond’s “The Twelfth Of Never” is certified Gold.
1974 Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Jesse Colin Young and Joe Walsh played at Wembley Stadium, London, England.
1974 Eric Clapton scored a US No.1 with his version of the Bob Marley song ‘I Shot The Sheriff’ which was first released in 1973 on The Wailers’ album Burnin’.
1976 Bob Dylan’s TV special Hard Rain airs.
1983 Amy Winehouse is born in Southgate, London, England.
1984 David Bowie won Video of the Year for “China Girl” at the first MTV Video awards.
1985 Metallica introduced ‘Disposable Heroes’ at the Metal Hammer festival in Germany
1988 Prince played at the Met Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1994 The Temptations are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7060 Hollywood Blvd
1999 The Strokes made their live debut at The Spiral in New York.
2004 Arcade Fire release their debut album Funeral.
2005 Britney Spears gives birth to her first child, Sean Federline.
2007 The Beatles -inspired movie Across The Universe opens.
2018 Carrie Underwood releases her sixth studio album, Cry Pretty
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