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| 1900 | | Tommy James, of Tommy James & the Shondells, born in Dayton, OH. |
| 1928 | | The Coasters' Carl Gardner born. |
| 1930 | | Country artist Eddie Noack born in Houston, TX. |
| 1935 | | Blues pianist/singer LeRoy Carr dies. He drank himself to death. |
| 1936 | | Singer April Stevens born in Niagara Falls, NY. Along with her brother Nino Temple she recorded "Deep Purple" that went to #1 in Nov, 1963. |
| 1943 | | C&W artist Duane Allen born in Taylorville, TX. |
| 1945 | | Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper born. |
| 1953 | | Bill Drummond (William Butterworth) of Big in Japan, JAMMs, Time Lords, and the KLF, born. |
| 1958 | | Simon Edwards of Fairground Attractions born. |
| 1963 | | Manager Andrew Loog Oldham signs the Rolling Stones. |
| 1967 | | Bluesman J.B. Lenoir is hit by a car and killed in Detroit. |
| 1968 | | Counter-culture rock opera, Hair, hits the Broadway boards. |
| 1976 | | Bruce Springsteen breaks into the grounds of Graceland in the hopes of meeting Elvis Presley. He was discovered and escorted off the premises without meeting the King. |
| 1991 | | Warner Bros. earns the "Let Them Eat Cake Award" by announcing they will no longer accept returns from stores. |
| 1993 | | Wish becomes the first UK #1 LP for the Cure. |
| 1994 | | Rock star Peter Gabriel joins his neighbors in protesting a roadway passing through Solsbury Hill in Bath, an ancient archeological site that inspired his first single. |
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