1962 - The Beach Boys signed with Capitol Records.
1966 - Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker formed Cream.
1968 - The Fillmore West reopens in the former Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco. Bill Brother & the Holding Company and Sly and the Family Stone open the show.
1972 - Smokey Robinson appeared for the last time with the Miracles in Washington, DC.
1976 - Loggins and Messina announce they are breaking up.
1976 - The Allman Brothers Band calls it quits.
1984 - Roger Waters opened his Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking Tour in Stockholm, Sweden.
1989 - Tom Jones lost a paternity suit in New York and was ordered to pay child support to 27-year-old Katherine Berkery.
1991 - Miles Davis is knighted in France.
1992 - Charlie Watts walked off of the Late Show with David Letterman after having a disagreement with a producer.
1993 - A drug possession charge against members of Guns N' Roses is dismissed in Buenos Aires court when it is discovered that the drugs possessed were simply vitamins.
1995 - Queen Latifah was in a car when it was car-jacked; her bodyguard was shot and wounded.
1995 - Wayne Osmond of the Osmonds had surgery for a brain tumor.
2000 - The Spice Girls, the Coors and the Manic Street Preachers were among the artists to sign a petition to the European Commission to end piracy on the internet.
2002 - Buckcherry breaks up after lead singer, Joshua Todd quits.
2002 - A 26-year-old woman dies after falling 30 feet during a Fatboy Slim concert in Brighton, England.
2003 - The reunited Duran Duran play their first American show in Orange County, CA.
2003 - Santana ends the Supernatural Tour and donates $2 million to fight AIDS in South Africa.
2003 - Chrissie Hynde is arrested while protesting a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Paris when she and other members of PITA blocking the street.
2009 - Two stage workers were killed while assembling the stage for a Madonna concert in France.
Records cut
1959 - Poison Ivy - Coasters
1963 - Catch a Wave and In My Room - Beach Boys
1967 - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
1969 - Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard
Records released
1966 - Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful (single)
1969 - I'm Free - Who (single)
1971 - Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant
1973 - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (soundtrack) - Bob Dylan
1974 - On the Beach - Neil Young
1982 - The Envoy - Warren Zevon
1983 - Kill 'em All - Metallica
2002 - Busted Stuff - Dave Matthews Band
Broadcasts
1958 - American Bandstand - Johnny Hartman, Big Beats
1959 - American Bandstand - Kenny Loran
1962 - American Bandstand - Freddie Cannon
1965 - Where the Action Is - Bobby Rydell, Steve Alaimo, Paul Revere & the Raiders
1966 - American Bandstand - Kelly Garrett, Danny Hutton
1969 - Dick Cavett Show - Janis Joplin
1969 - Tonight Show - Diana Ross & the Supremes
1976 - Midnight Special - Helen Reddy (host), Elvin Bishop, B.B. King, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Flora Purim, Tribute to Harry Chapin
1977 - American Bandstand - Joe Tex
1999 - Today Show - Beach Boys
#1 US singles
1966 - Hanky Panky - Tommy James & the Shondells
1977 - Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy
#1 US albums
1977 - Barry Manilow Live - Barry Manilow
1994 - The Lion King - Soundtrack
2005 - Somewhere Down in Texas - George Strait
#1 US R&B singles
1977 - Easy - Commodores
1988 - Roses Are Red - The Mac Band Featuring the McCampbell Brothers
#1 US country singles
1955 - I Don't Care - Webb Pierce
1977 - It Was Almost Like a Song - Ronnie Milsap
1983 - The Closer You Get - Alabama
1988 - If You Change Your Mind - Rosanne Cash
1994 - Foolish Pride - Travis Tritt
#1 UK singles
1964 - It's All Over Now - Rolling Stones
2000 - Live is a Rollercoaster - Ronan Keating
#1 UK albums
1977 - The Johnny Mathis Collection - Johnny Mathis
