2004
-Guitarist Dante DeCaro leaves much hyped Canadian rockers Hot Hot Heat
2000
-50s musician Julie London dies in LA
1997
-Former Alice Cooper manager Glen Buxton dies at age 49
1994
-Lee Allen, sax player, dies in LA at age 68
1986
-Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie marries Eduardo DeMendoca
1979
-Police arrest 15 youths at Earth, Wind and Fire concert. They are charged with robbing fans on their way to the gig
1975
-For the 2nd episode of Saturday Night Live, Simon and Garfunkel are the musical guests
1974
-Al Green's ex-girlfriend Mary Woodson pours pot of boiling grits on the soul singer in the bathroom of his Memphis home
1969
-Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner is arrested for marijuana possession
1968
-Police raid John Lennon and Yoko Ono's apartment in London and arrest the couple and charge them with possession of marijuana
1967
-John Lennon stars as Private Gripweed in How I Won the War
1966
-The Jimi Hendrix Experience play before 14,500 people at the Paris Olympia less than a week after starting.
1964
-The Animals begin their first headlining tour in Manchester, England
-The Beatles' record Eight Days a Week
1961
-Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, is born in New Orleans
1957
-Paul McCartney makes his live debut with the Quarrymen at New Clubmoor Hall in Liverpool, England
1952
-The Doobie Brothers drummer Keith Knudsen is born in Ames, Iowa. Joined the band in 1974
1949
-REO Speedwagon guitarist Gary Richrath is born in Peoria, Ill.
1947
-Songwriter Laura Nyro, is born in Bronx, New York
1943
-Russ Gugiere, Association vocalist, is born in Portsmouth, N.H.
1937
-Songwriter Cynthia Weil is born in New York
1926
-Chuck Berry is born in St. Louis