1944 Folk singer Anne Briggs is born in Toton, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England
1947 Dizzy Gillespie makes his Carnegie Hall debut.
1948 Mark Farner (lead singer/guitarist for Grand Funk) is born in Flint, Michigan.
1956 Bob Carlisle of “Butterfly Kisses” fame is born in Santa Ana, California.
1963 The Rolling Stones begin their first British tour at the New Victoria Theatre in London
1967 The Small Faces played at the Royal in Tottenham, London
1967 John Lennon flips on the radio while working on “I Am The Walrus” and hears a BBC broadcast of the Shakespeare play King Lear, which he decides to mix into the song.
1967 Mickey Hart joins Grateful Dead as its new drummer.
1968 The Supremes ditched their elegant dresses and went casual to perform “Love Child” on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1969 Merle Haggard released “Okie From Muskogee,” a song that protests Vietnam war protesters
1969 The Doors performed at Lincoln Center’s 7th New York Film Festival, New York City.
1971 Gilbert O’Sullivan played at London’s Royal Albert Hall
1976 Rush release their first live album, the double LP All The World’s A Stage.
1980 Elvis Costello supported by The Stray Cats appeared at the Rainbow, London, England.
1984 Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince and the Revolution hits #1 for the first of two weeks.
1991 Metallica started their ‘Wherever We May Roam’ world tour at the Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois
1991 MTV played the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video for the first time
1992 Stone Temple Pilots release their debut album Core
1996 Alanis Morissette finishes her first US tour in Houston, Texas.
1997 Blues Traveler bassist Bobby Sheehan is arrested for cocaine possession in Winnipeg.
2003 DMX guest stars on an episode of the UPN sitcom Eve
2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd release Gods & Guns, their 13th album.
2002 American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson started a two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “A Moment Like This.”
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