| 1920 | | Al Jolson records George Gershwin's, "Swanee." It sells millions, makes Gershwin famous, and gives added life to Blackface. |
| 1935 | | Elvis Aron Presley born in East Tupelo, MS. On his 20th Birthday, Sun records releases his third single, Milkcow Blues Boogie / You're A Heartbreaker. On his 22nd Birthday, Elvis takes Army induction exam and passes! |
| 1937 | | Pop singer Shirley "Goldfinger" Bassey born. |
| 1940 | | Christy Lane (Eleanor Johnston) born. |
| 1941 | | Little Anthony (Anthony Gourdine) of the Imperials born. |
| 1942 | | John Peterson of the Beau Brummels and Harpers Bizarre is born. |
| 1943 | | Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead born.
Lee Jackson of the Nice is born.
Marcus Hutson of the Whispers is born. |
| 1944 | | Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin born in London. |
| 1946 | | Robby Krieger of the Doors born in LA. |
| 1947 | | David Bowie (David Robert Jones) born in Brixton, London.
Terry Sylvester of the Hollies born. |
| 1948 | | Mel Pritchard of Barclay James Harvest is born. |
| 1955 | | Loverboy's Mike Reno is born. |
| | Nascent rocker Eddie Cochran cuts some sides at what will turn out to be his final recording session. One of these, "Three Steps to Heaven" will be on the radio in April when he dies in a plane crash. |
| 1961 | | Matt Johnson of the The born |
| 1962 | | On his 27 birthday, US TV's top teen show American Bandstand honors Elvis with a one hour special that the singer does not appear on. |
| 1964 | | Peter Gill of Frankie Goes to Hollywood is born. |
| 1966 | | US TV Show "Shindig" leaves the air in it's third season, the Kinks and the Who attending the wake. The show had premiered on ABC on 9/16/64, and proved so popular that in '65 it was on both Tuesday and Saturday evenings .
Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone born. |
| 1972 | | "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" by T. Rex released in the US. It will be this influential groups only top 10 hit (#10) and only single to enter the top 40. |
| 1974 | | Casablanca Records signs make-up artists, Kiss. At a post signing full drag performance for Rolling Stone writers, critics declare, "Kiss is for kids". |
| 1975 | | Tickets go on sale at Madison Square Garden for three upcoming Led Zeppelin shows in New York, the 60,000 seats sold out in four hours. |
| 1979 | | With not a single better idea to be had, the Canadian Government declares Rush their official "Ambassadors of Music".
Sara Carter of the Carter Family dies. |
| 1983 | | CBS and Sony demonstrate "Video 45", a 4 song video cassette already being sold in Japan. |
| 1991 | | Jeremy Wade Delle, a 16 year old from Richardson, TX, commits suicide by placing a .347 magnum in his mouth after being reprimanded for being late to class. Pearl Jam commemorates the incident with their song 'Jeremy".
Steve Clark, guitarist of Def Lepppard, dies of alcohol related problems. |
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