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- 1933 - Conway Twitty [Harold Jenkins] born in Friars Point, Mississippi.
- 1946 - Bee Gee Barry Gibb [Barry Alan Crompton Gibb] born in Douglas, Isle of Man.
- 1957 - Gloria Estefan [Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo Garcia] born in Havana, Cuba.
- 1995 - The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum opens in Cleveland, Ohio.
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- 1960 - Former Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil born in Seattle, Washington.
- 1981 - Beyonce [Beyonce Giselle Knowles] born in Houston, Texas.
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- 1946 - Queen singer Freddy Mercury [Farrokh Bulsara] born.
- 1966 - R&B singer Terry Ellis [Terry Lynn Ellis] born in Houston, Texas.
- 1968 - Rage Against The Machine & Audioslave drummer Brad Wilk born in Portland, Oregon.
- 1969 - Dweezil Zappa born.
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- 1943 - Pink Floyd's Roger Waters [George Roger Waters] born in Great Bookham, Surrey, England.
- 1990 - Creedence Clearwater Revival's Tom Fogerty dies of respiratory failure.
- 2007 - Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti dies of pancreatic cancer.
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- 1936 - Buddy Holly [Charles Hardin Holley] born in Lubbock, Texas.
- 1948 - ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard [RJ Harding] born in Killeen, Texas.
- 1949 - Gloria Gaynor [Gloria Fowles] born in Newark, New Jersey.
- 1951 - Pretender Chrissie Hynde born in Akron, Ohio.
- 1964 - Rapper Eazy-E [Eric Wright] born in Compton, California.
- 1970 - 311 drummer Chad Sexton [Chad Ronald Sexton] born in Lexington, Kentucky.
- 1978 - Former The Who drummer Keith Moon [Keith John Moon] dies from a drug overdose.
- 2003 - Singer/songwriter Warren Zevon [Warren William Zevon] dies of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California.
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- 1932 - Patsy Cline [Virginia Patterson Hensley] born in Winchester, Virginia.
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- 1927 - Jazz drummer Elvin Jones [Elvin Ray Jones] born in Pontiac, Michigan.
- 1941 - Soul singer Otis Redding [Otis Ray Redding, Jr.] born in Dawson, Georgia.
- 1946 - Iron Butterfly vocalist/organist/composer Doug Ingle born in Omaha, Nebraska.
- 1952 - Eurythmic Dave A. Stewart [David Allan Stewart] born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.
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- 1950 - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry [Anthony Joseph Perry] born in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
- 1965 - Bush drummer Robin Goodridge [Robin James Goodridge] born.
- 1968 - Rapper Big Daddy Kane [Antonio Hardy] born in Brooklyn, New York.
- 1975 - Kiss Alive! is released.
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- 1943 - Former The Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart born.
- 1953 - Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw [Tommy Roland Shaw] born in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965 - Singer/songwriter Moby [Richard Melville Hall] born in Harlem, New York.
- 1967 - Singer/pianist/actor Harry Connick Jr. [Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr.] born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1977 - Rapper Ludacris [Christopher Bridges] born in Chicago, Illinois.
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- 1931 - Country singer George Jones [George Glenn Jones] born.
- 1944 - Soul singer Barry White [Barry Eugene Carter] born in Galveston, Texas.
- 1952 - Rush drummer Neil Peart [Neil Ellwood Peart] born in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada.
- 2003 - Johnny Cash [John R. Cash] dies.
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- 1925 - Jazz singer Mel Tormé [Melvin Howard Tormé] born.
- 1944 - Chicago vocalist Peter Cetera [Peter Paul Cetera] born in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1961 - Megadeth guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine [David Scott Mustaine] born in La Mesa, California.
- 1967 - Drummer/percussionist Stephen Perkins [Stephen Andrew Perkins] born in Los Angeles.
- 1977 - Singer/songwriter Fiona Apple [Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart] born in New York City.
- 1996 - Tupac Shakur [Tupac Amuru Shakur] dies of gunshot wounds from a drive-by shooting.
- 2006 - Former Hatebreed guitarist Lou "Boulder" Richards commits suicide.
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- 1970 - Everclear bassist Craig Montoya [Craig Aloysius Montoya] born in Spokane, Washington.
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- 2004 - Ramones founding member Johnny Ramone [John William Cummings] dies of prostate cancer.
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- 1925 - Blues guitarist/singer/songwriter B.B. King [Riley B. King] born in Itta Bena, Mississippi.
- 1963 - Singer/songwriter Richard Marx [Richard Noel Marx] born in Winnetka, Illinois.
- 1968 - Salsa singer/songwriter Marc Anthony [Marco Antonio Muñiz] born in New York City.
- 1977 - Former T-Rex singer Marc Bolan [Mark Feld] dies in a car accident in Barnes, London, England.
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- 1923 - Hank Williams [Hiriam King Williams] born in Mount Olive West, Alabama.
- 1984 - Kiss releases Animalize.
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- 1939 - Singer/former teen idol Frankie Avalon [Francis Thomas Avallone] born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1952 - Ramone Dee Dee Ramone [Douglas Colvin] born in Virginia.
- 1967 - Ricky Bell [Ricardo Bell] of Bell Biv DeVoe born in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
- 1970 - Jimi Hendrix [James Marshall Hendrix] dies.
- 1978 - Kiss release all four solo albums simultaneously.
- 1983 - Kiss appear live for the first time without their makeup on MTV.
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- 1941 - Singer "Mama" Cass Elliott [Ellen Naomi Cohen] born in Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1964 - Country singer Trisha Yearwood [Patricia Lynn Yearwood] born in Monticello, Georgia.
- 1973 - Singer/songwriter/guitarist/pianist Gram Parsons [Cecil Ingram Connor, III] dies in Joshua Tree, California from an overdose of morphine and alcohol.
- 2008 - Former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM were the only survivors in a plane crash that killed two passengers and both pilots.
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- 1966 - Former Extreme guitarist/vocalist Nuno Bettencourt [Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt] born in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores, Portugal.
- 1967 - Twin vocalists Matthew Nelson [Matthew Gray Nelson] & Gunnar Nelson [Gunnar Eric Nelson] born in Santa Monica, California.
- 1968 - Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd [Hunter Benedict Shepherd] born in Okinawa, Japan.
- 1973 - Jim Croce dies in a plane crash in Los Angeles.
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- 1934 - Singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen [Leonard Norman Cohen] born in Westmount, Quebec, Canada.
- 1947 - Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder born in Gainsville, Florida.
- 1967 - Country singer Faith Hill [Audrey Faith Perry McGraw] born in Jackson, Mississippi).
- 1967 – Barenaked Ladies drummer Tyler Stewart [Tyler Joseph Stewart] born in Toronto, Canada.
- 1972 – Korn drummer David Silveria [David Randall Silveria] born in San Leandro, California.
- 1972 – Oasis singer Liam Gallagher [William John Paul Gallagher] born in Burnage, Manchester, England.
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- 1951 - Vocalist David Coverdale born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England.
- 1985 - Farm-Aid debuts in Champaign, Illinois.
- 1998 - Kiss release Psycho Circus.
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- 1930 - Ray Charles [Ray Charles Robinson] born.
- 1943 - Julio Iglesias [Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva] born in Madrid, Spain.
- 1949 - Bruce Springsteen [Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen] born in Freehold, New Jersey.
- 1958 - Singer/guitarist Lita Ford [Carmelita Rossanna Ford] born in London, England.
- 1958 - Joan Jett [Joan Marie Larkin] born.
- 1980 - Bob Marley [Robert Nesta Marley] plays his final concert at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1983 - Kiss release Lick It Up.
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- 1941 - Linda McCartney [Linda Louise Eastman] born in New York, New York.
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- 1930 - Songwriter/composer Shel Silverstein [Sheldon Alan Silverstein] born in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1968 - Rapper/actor Will Smith [Willard Christopher Smith, Jr.] born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1980 - Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham [John Henry Bonham] dies.
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- 1898 - Composer George Gershwin born in Brooklyn, New York.
- 1925 – Country & western singer Marty Robbins [Martin David Robinson] born in Glendale, Arizona.
- 1948 - Singer Olivia Newton-John born in Cambridge, England.
- 1967 - Former Blind Melon vocalist Shannon Hoon [Richard Shannon Hoon] born in Lafayette, Indiana.
- 2003 - Singer Robert Palmer [Robert Allen Palmer] dies from a heart attack in Paris, France.
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- 1947 - Singer Meat Loaf [Marvin Lee Aday] born in Dallas, Texas.
- 1958 - Singer Shaun Cassidy [Shaun Paul Cassidy] born in Los Angeles, California.
- 1964 - Third Eye Blind vocalist Stephan Jenkins [Stephan Douglas Jenkins] born in Oakland, California.
- 1984 - Singer/guitarist Avril Lavigne [Avril Ramona Lavigne] born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.
- 1986 - Former Metallica bassist Cliff Burton [Clifford Lee Burton] dies when Metallica's tour bus loses control and overturnes, crushing him.
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- 1938 - Soul singer/songwriter Ben E. King [Benjamin Earl Nelson] born in Henderson, North Carolina.
- 1954 - Dokken guitarist George Lynch born in Spokane, Washington.
- 1987 - Singer Hillary Duff [Hilary Erhard Duff] born in Houston, Texas.
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- 1907 - "The Singing Cowboy" Gene Autry [Ovron Gene Autry] born in Tioga, Texas.
- 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis born in Ferriday, Louisiana.
- 1963 - Singer and bassist extraordinaire Les Claypool [Leslie Edward Claypool] born in Richmond, California.
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- 1917 - Drummer Buddy Rich [Bernard Rich] born.
- 1947 - Former T-Rex singer Marc Bolan [Mark Feld] born in Hackney, London, England.
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