1941 Linda McCartney (Wings) is born Linda Eastman in New York City.
1957 The Elvis Presley classic “Jailhouse Rock” was released
1958 The Platters record “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.”
1963 The Rolling Stones performed at the Ricky Tick Club, Thames Hotel, Windsor, England.
1965 The Rolling Stones played at The Astoria, London with The Spencer Davis Group, Unit Four + 1 and The Checkmates.
1967 Traffic featuring Steve Winwood made their live debut at the Saville Theatre in London
1965 Bob Dylan played at Austin Municipal Auditorium in Austin, Texas.
1966 The Association’s “Cherish” hits #1 for the first of three weeks.
1969 At Royal Albert Hall in London, Deep Purple play their Concerto for Group and Orchestra, written by their keyboard player Jon Lord, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
1971 The Jackson 5 appear on the cover of Life magazine, with the headline “Rock Stars At Home With Their Parents.”
1972 David Bowie appeared at the New Fisher Theatre, Detroit.
1975 Rush release their third album, Caress of Steel.
1977 Styx release “Come Sail Away.”
1979 The Eagles release their sixth album, The Long Run
1980 The Son Of Stiff Tour, featuring acts signed to Stiff Records, kicked off in London with Tenpole Tudor, Any Trouble, Joe King Carrasco, The Equators and Dirty Looks.
1983 Billy Joel went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Tell Her About It,” Joel’s second No. 1 hit.
1988 Graham Parker opens a solo acoustic tour at the University of Rhode Island.
1990 AC/DC releases The Razors Edge, omitting the apostrophe in the title
1991 The Red Hot Chili Peppers release Blood Sugar Sex Magik in the US
1996 Weezer release their second album, the self-produced Pinkerton.
1998 Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler, 33, is sentenced to 150 days in jail for beating two women he dated and for violating his probation from an earlier domestic violence conviction.
1999 Britney Spears appears on the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch episode “No Place Like Home,” where she dances with Sabrina
1999 Sting releases his sixth solo album, Brand New Day. Among the many collaborators is the Algerian singer Cheb Mami, who appears on “Desert Rose.”
2003 Gordon Lightfoot is inducted into the Canadian Songwriter Hall of Fame.
2003 The Dave Matthews Band played at Central Park in New York City
2014 George Hilliard (of the Philadelphia soul group The Tymes) dies at age 73.
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