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| 1942 | | Singer/songwriter (a modern day "Mr. Bojangles") Jerry Jeff Walker born in Oneonta, New York. |
| 1954 | | Nancy Wilson, who with sister Ann fronted the rock band Heart, born in San Francisco. |
| 1964 | | Pioneering DJ Alan Freed, his career already ruined by the payola scandal, is charged with income tax evasion. |
| 1970 | | Singer Tammi Terell dies of a brain tumor at the age of 24. Terell was the singing partner of Marvin Gaye, and in her last appearance, she collapsed in his arms while performing. |
| 1974 | | The Grand Ole Opry House at the Opryland entertainment complex becomes the new site for the Grand Ole Opry. A nicer back stage in the new theater appeals to the artists, even though Opryland lacks the down-home atmosphere of the old Ryman building. |
| 1975 | | Blues and pioneer electric guitarist T. Bone Walker dies at the age of 64. |
| 1976 | | Arthur "Hardrock" Gunter, known for the original version of Elvis Presley's hit "Baby Let's Play House", dies. |
| 1978 | | At a Holiday Inn in Columbus, Ohio, Elvis Costello, drunk, angry and arguing with a member of Steven Still's band, refers to Ray Charles as a "blind, ignorant nigger." Elvis later apologizes at a press conference in New York. |
| 1981 | | At an LA U2 concert only a dozen or so fans attend a mistakenly unadvertised second night concert. Hey, sounds like the K-mart tour. |
| 1983 | | Hell's Angel's hold a press conference in NYC to publicly deny allegations that they had been plotting to kill Mick Jagger since Altamont. |
| 1990 | | Mother Love Bone's Andrew Wood OD's on smack in Seattle. He dies 3 days later. |
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