Graham Nash of Cosby, Stills and Nash is born (1942).

Ross Valory of the Steve Miller Band is born (1949).

The Beatles perform their first professionally organized concert outside of Liverpool at the Oasis Club in Manchester (1962).

The Rolling Stones release their new song “19^th Nervous Breakdown”, it reaches #2 on the UK singles chart (1966).

The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform live on the UK TV show Tops of the Pops. The band play “Purple Haze” (1967).

Genesis release their seventh studio album A Trick of the Tail. This is the first album to feature Phil Collins as full-time lead vocalist after the departure of Peter Gabriel (1976).

Foreigner has a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart with “I Want to know what Love Is” (1985).