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| 1902 | | Jazzman Buster Bailey born in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| 1937 | | George Hamilton IV, country singer, born in Winston Salem, North Carolina. His first big hit: " A Rose and a Baby Ruth." |
| 1946 | | Alan Gorrie, bass player for the Average White Band, born in Perth, Scotland. |
| 1947 | | Bernard Leadon born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bernie was guitarist for the Flying Burrito Brothers. In 1971 he formed the Eagles with three members of Linda Ronstadt's backing group. |
| 1947 | | Brian Harold May, guitarist for Queen, born in Hampton Hill, Twickenham (nr Lanson), UK. |
| 1948 | | Kieth Goldchaux, pianist for the Grateful Dead, born. Keith was killed in a car accident in California in 1980. |
| 1954 | | Sun Records officially releases Elvis Presley's debut single, "That's All Right Mama," backed with "Blue Moon of Kentucky." |
| 1972 | | Mick Jagger and Keith Richards arrested in Warwick, Rhode Island on charges of assault and obstructing police after an altercation with a photographer. |
| 1973 | | Clarence White, guitarist for the Byrds, dies after having been hit by a car in Lancaster, California. |
| 1975 | | Country singer Lefty Frizzell (William Orville Frizzell) dies after suffering a stroke. |
| 1980 | | David Bowie opens in the stage version of The Elephant Man in Denver. This is his first time on stage as a legitimate actor. |
| 1986 | | Fresh '86, a massive UK Hip Hop and Rap festival, begins in Wembley Arena. |
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