2016 - Glenn Frey dies at age 67.
2015 - Dallas Taylor died of complications from pneumonia and kidney disease in Los Angeles, California, at age 66.
2009 - A wide range of top musicians perform at a concert in Washington, DC, to celebrate the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America. Some performers included U2, Bruce Springsteen, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger and Stevie Wonder,
1990 - Eric Clapton plays the first of an 18-night concert run at Royal Albert Hall in London.
1989 - The Fourth Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are held in New York City. Inductees include Dion, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, and Stevie Wonder.
1985 - USA Today readers select Cleveland, Ohio, as their choice for the permanent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1980 - Famous Southern-rock record label Capricorn files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
1973 - Elton John issues his sixth studio album, Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player.
1973 - The Rolling Stones perform a benefit concert for the victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua, where Mick Jagger's wife Bianca is from. The show raises $400,000.
1971 - The McCann-Erickson advertising agency takes a meeting with British songwriters Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway to record a Coca-Cola commercial with the group the New Seekers, which becomes "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing."
1969 - Former Beatles drummer Pete Best wins a defamation suit against his former group. Best sued over remarks Ringo made in an interview implying that Best was kicked out of the band because of drug use.