2016 - "Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" returned to the Billboard 200 album chart thanks to a 99-cent sale price in the Google Play store.
2013 - Elton John received the first-ever Brits Icon award for artists who have had a "lasting impact" on U.K. culture.
1995 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, with opening ceremony performances by Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Al Green, The Allman Brothers Band, Booker T. & the MG's, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, The Pretenders, John Fogerty, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, George Clinton, The Kinks, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, The Animals' Eric Burdon, and Boz Scaggs.
1993 - Stone Temple Pilots' "Plush" wins Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards.
1993 - Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" video wins four awards at the MTV Video Music Awards.
1989 - Ric Ocasek (Cars) and Paulina Porizkova were married.
1989 - Ozzy Osbourne was charged with threatening to kill his wife, Sharon.
1982 - Fleetwood Mac kick off their Mirage tour in Atlanta.
1978 - George Harrison married Olivia Trinidad Arias.
1970 - An ad was run in "Melody Maker" by Genesis looking for musicians who were "determined to strive beyond existing stagnant music forms." Phil Collins answered the ad and eventually joined the group.
1965 - The Beatles received a gold record for the song "Help!" The Beatles also release "Yesterday", on which only Paul is actually playing.
1965 - The Rolling Stones appeared on the British TV show "Ready Steady Go!" Mick Jagger and Andrew Loog Oldham performed a parody of Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe."
1946 - Billy Preston is born in Houston, Texas.