2006 - Bob Dylan (65 years odl) becomes the oldest person to top Billboard's Albums chart when Modern Times goes to #1.
1985 - KISS released the album "Asylum."
1984 - The TV series Miami Vice makes its debut that includes a scene featuring the Phil Collins hit "In The Air Tonight."
1978 - Boston's LP Don't Look Back hits #1.
1978 - The Grateful Dead recorded a concert at the pyramids in Egypt.
1977 - Marc Bolan of T. Rex dies in a car accident at age 29.
1972 - Peter Frampton plays his first solo gig, opening for The J. Geils Band in New York.
1970 - Jimi Hendrix jams with Eric Burdon and War at the London club Ronnie Scott's two days before his death.
1970 - After eight straight years, The Beatles are finally knocked from their perch as England's top act in theMelody Maker fan poll... by Led Zeppelin.
1963 - Richard Marx is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1963 - Currently the #1 song in England, The Beatles' "She Loves You" is released by the tiny Swan label in America.
1948 - Rock drummer Kenney Jones is born in Whitechapel, East London, England.
1948 - Ron Blair is born in San Diego, California.
1925 - Guitarist Charlie Byrd is born in Suffolk, Virginia.
1925 - B.B. King is born Riley B. King near Berclair, Mississippi.