1957: Elvis Presley played two concerts at the Olympia in Detroit before 24,000 fans.
1958: Chuck Berry released "Johnny B. Goode".
1960: Lonnie Donegan debuted at #1 on the UK singles chart with "My Old Man's a Dustman".
1962: Connie Francis hit #1 in the U.S. with "Dont' Break the Heart That Loves You".
1962: The Beatles ventured to the South of England, appearing at the Subscription Rooms in Stroud. The Rebel Rousers joined them in a concert that would cost 5 schillings, or about 70 cents.
1964: The Beatles filmed a "live" television performance for use in the movie A Hard Day's Night. The songs that made it to the film were "I Should Have Known Better", "She Loves You", "And I Love Her" and "Tell Me Why".
1967: Jimi Hendrix stunned fans at the Astoria in London, England when he set his guitar on fire. It was the first of many times Hendrix would pull the stunt.
1972: America topped the U.S. album chart with their debut album.
1973: Donny Osmond had the #1 song in the UK with his remake of the Johnny Mathis song "The Twelfth of Never".
1974: Blue Swede had the #1 song with their version of "Hooked On a Feeling" (Ooga-Chaka, Ooga-Chaka!)
1976: The Brotherhood of Man owned the top song in the UK with "Save Your Kisses For Me".
1977: An Elvis Presley concert in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was postponed after Elvis did not return from intermission.
1982: Toto released "Rosanna".
1982: The Doobie Brothers announced they were breaking up.
1983: Eddy Grant released "Electric Avenue".
1983: Pink Floyd released The Final Cut, their last album with Roger Waters.
1986: O'Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers died at age 48 of a heart attack.
1987: Prince released Sign O' the Times.
1989: Guns N' Roses released the single "Patience".
1990: David Bowie hit #1 on the UK album chart with Changes Bowie.
1990: Snap! had their first #1 UK song with "The Power".
1990: Cher appeared in concert at the Starplex Amphitheater in Dallas, Texas. Her Heart of Stone tour would gross over $70 million.
1995: Mexican American singer Selena was murdered at age 23 by the president of her fan club.
1998: The First Celebration of Female Artists Awards show took place at the Grosvenor House in London.
1998: The video Good Times was released. It was the only movie starring Sonny & Cher and was filmed in 1967.
2002: Barry Gibb bought his childhood home in Keppel Road, Chorlton, Manchester.
2002: Celine Dion began the first of four weeks at the top of the UK album chart with A New Day Has Come.
2003: The Radiohead album Hail to the Thief appeared online three months before it was due. Guitarist Jonny Greenwood denied that the album title referred to President George W. Bush.
2003: Toni Braxton gave birth to her second child, son Diezel Ky Braxton.
2004: Guitarist Jesse Colburn, ex-boyfriend of Avril Lavigne, left her band to pursue other opportunities. Craig Wood, bassist for Canada's Gob, replaced him.
2004: Confessions by Usher soars to #1 on the album chart after selling 1 million copies in its first week.
2004: Ozzy Osbourne confirmed that he was reforming Black Sabbath for a concert tour in the summer.
2005: Marion "Suge" Knight, a rap record company boss, was ordered by the courts to pay $107 million to a woman who the court found had helped found the Death Row label in 1989 but was pushed out by Knight.
Born This Day:
1934: Shirley Jones, singer with the Partridge Family
1934: John D. Loudermilk, who wrote "Tobacco Road" and "Indian Reservation"
1937: Herb Alpert, trumpet and vocals as leader of the Tijuana Brass and solo performer. Alpert co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss out of his garage, later signing the Carpenters, Supertramp, Bryan Adams and the Police to name a few.
1944: Rodney Bainbridge, bass for the Fortunes ("You've Got Your Troubles")
1946: Al Nichol of the Turtles
1947: Al Goodman of the Moments ("Love On a Two-Way Street")
1947: Jon Poulos, the Buckinghams
1948: Mick Ralphs, guitarist for Mott the Hoople and Bad Company
1948: Thiis Van Leer, organ and flute for Focus ("Hocus Pocus)
1953: Sean Hooper of Huey Lewis and the News
1954: Tony Brock of the Babys and Tubes
1955: Angus Young, guitarist for AC/DC
1958: Pat McGlynn of the Bay City Rollers
1978: Marvin Bernard (Tony Yayo), rapper with G-Unit and solo performer