-Producer Jack Nitzsche dies in L.A. As well as working with Neil Young, and the Rolling Stones, he won an Oscar for co-writing the song Up Where We Belong from the 1982 movie An Officer and a Gentleman
1999
-Lionel Richie performs a gig in front of the Sphinx
- Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx is charged with breach of peace after he tells a Las Vegas audience they should turn over some cars
-Christie Brinkley's marriage is over with singer Billy Joel. They divorce
1989
- Simon LeBon, singer for Duran Duran, and his wife Yasmin become parents to daughter Amber Rose
1979
-Jazz performer Stan Kenton dies in Hollywood's Midway at 67.
1975
-Elton John is back at the Troubadour club to play 3 benefit concerts. These concerts raise money for the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA
1973
-The Faces play what they say is their last British concert.
1970
-Elton John plays his 1st American concert at L.A.'s Troubadour, where he is booked for an entire week. The singer would strike fame in America before he became a star in his British homeland
1967
- The Beatles study transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at a Spiritual Regeneration League conference in Bangor, Wales.
1963
-After he is caught speeding, Paul McCartney is fined $31 and his license is suspended for 1 year
1962
- Former babysitter Little Eva tops the American singles chart with The Locomotion
1961
-Billy Ray Cyrus is born in Flatwoods, Ky
1951
-Judas Priest member Rob Halford is born in Birmingham, England
1949
-KISS member Gene Simmons is born Chaim Witz in Haifa, Israel
1947
-King Crimson pianist Keith Tippett is born in Bristol, England
1918
-West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein is born in Lawrence, Mass.
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