Ted Nugent is 60.
Lou Adler (who produced the Mamas & the Papas) turns 75.
Guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of the Doobie Brothers (1948)
Randy Owen, Alabama (1949)
Berton Averre, The Knack (1952)
Tom Hamilton, bass, Aerosmith (1951)
Amy Lynn Lee, vocals, Evanescence (1981)
Tom Delonge, Blink 182 (1975)
Robert Martinez, ? & The Mysterians (1945)
Jamie Foxx R&B singer and pianist (1967) Academy Award winner in 2005 for his performance of musician Ray Charles in Ray.
They Are Missed:
The Guess Who's guitarist Kurt Winter died in 1997.
Zal Yanovsky of The Lovin Spoonful died of a heart attack in 2002.
Pigmeat Markham ("Here Comes The Judge") died in 1981.
History:
Elvis Presley's "It's Now Or Never" set a new record in the UK in 1960 for achieving one million sales just six weeks after its release.
The Beatles signed with manager Brian Epstein in 1961 (though Brian never signs the contract).
The Rolling Stones' request to put on a three day show for 100,000 fans on Easter Island was denied by the government of Chile in 1975, who said "the whole future of the island" would have been damaged.
In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Wedding Album crashed on to the Billboard album chart at #182.
In 1999, the performing rights group BMI proclaimed that the most-performed song of the century was the Righteous Brothers' 1965 #1 hit "You've Lost That Loving Feeling."
Foghat's "Slow Ride" was released in 1975.
The two surviving members of Nirvana, Krist Novoselic and David Grohl, filed a countersuit against Courtney Love in 2001. The charge was that she had manipulated the memory and work of her dead husband, Kirk Cobain, for the benefit of her own career.
The Beatles performed at the Cavern Club, Liverpool in 1961, playing two shows at lunchtime and then again at night. Decca Records' Mike Smith attended the night performance with the intent of offering The Beatles a recording contract.
Kenny Roger's Greatest Hits started a two-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1980.
Jimi Hendrix made his TV debut on ITV's 'Ready Steady Go!' in 1966 (Marc Bolan was also on the show). The Jimi Hendrix Experience also recorded 'Foxy Lady' on this day.
After scoring a US Top 20 hit in 1962 with "She Can't Find Her Keys" earlier in the year, 17 year old Paul Peterson re-entered the charts with "My Dad", which would reach #6. The former Disney Mouseketeer and cast member of the TV's Donna Reed Show would go on to found A Minor Consideration, an organization committed to changing the working conditions for child performers.
Bruce Hornsby and The Range topped the Billboard chart in 1986 with "The Way It Is", a song that refers to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
In 2006, New York police arrested Koral Karsan and charged him with first-degree attempted grand larceny for allegedly trying to extort $2 million from John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. The 50 year old Karsan had worked for Ono as a chauffeur for over six years.
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