1934 Brian Epstein (Beatles manager) is born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
1943 Cass Elliot (of The Mamas & The Papas) is born Ellen Naomi Cohen in Baltimore, Maryland.
1945 R&B singer Freda Payne is born in Detroit, Michigan.
1958 Elvis Presley sails for West Germany with the US Army.
1961 The Beatles played at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
1963 The Who performed at the Oldfield Hotel, Greenford, England.
1963 Ann-Margret lends her voice to an episode of The Flintstones, where she appears as “Ann-Margrock.”
1964 Country singer Trisha Yearwood is born Patricia Lynn Yearwood in Monticello, Georgia.
1969 Child (featuring Bruce Springsteen) performed at the Free University, Richmond, Virginia.
1970 The first UK Glastonbury Festival took place featuring Marc Bolan, Ian Anderson, Keith Christmas, Quintessence, Amazing Blondel and Sam Apple Pie.
1970 Diana Ross, after leaving The Supremes, gets her first #1 solo hit with “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.”
1970 Bob Dylan releases New Morning.
1971 The Jackson 5’s Goin’ Back To Indiana TV special airs on ABC.
1973 David Bowie released his seventh album Pin Ups
1979 The No Nukes concert was held at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Performers included Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Poco, Tom Petty, Carly Simon, James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen.
1981 Simon and Garfunkel reunited for a concert in New York’s Central Park.
1988 The Erasure releases “A Little Respect.”
1991 At a concert in their hometown of Manchester, Oasis played their first gig with Noel Gallagher in the lineup.
1995 Nirvana were at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with the live compilation album, From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah.
1996 George Benson gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2000 MTV2 previews Radiohead’s album Kid A by playing a vinyl copy from start to finish with a camera pointed at the record player.
2003 Jazz saxophonist Frank Lowe dies of lung cancer at age 60.
2005 Fergie, along with her group The Black Eyed Peas, appears on the “Viva Las Vegas” episode of Las Vegas
2011 Coldplay released their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto, which charted at No. 1 in 34 countries
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