1954 – The first Newport Jazz Festival was held at the Newport Casino, in Newport, RI.
1961 – Motown Records released The Supremes’ first single, “Buttered Popcorn.”
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for The Monkees at The Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York.
1967 – “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” was recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips.
1968 – The Beatles’ feature-length cartoon, “Yellow Submarine,” premiered at the London Pavilion.
1974 – The Moody Blues open the first quadraphonic studio in London.
1975 – Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox were divorced.
1976 – Heart’s “Magic Man” was released.
1979 – Gary Moore left Thin Lizzy and was replaced by Midge Ure.
1987 – Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) signed a solo deal with Virgin Records.
1996 – The Smashing Pumpkins fired Jimmy Chamberlin less than a week after Chambelin was arrested on a drug charge and Jonathan Melvoin died of a heroin overdose.