1939 – Composer Marlos Nobre was born.

1959 – Elvis Presley appeard after hours at the Lido Club in Paris while on leave from the U.S. Army.

1959 – Ray Charles recorded “What’d I Say.”

1968 – David Gimour replaces Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd. Barret had gone checked himself into a psychiatric hospital and then gone into seclusion.

1969 – Lulu and Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) were married in England.

1974 – KISS released their first album “KISS”.

1974 – Yes played their first show at Madison Square Garden.

1987 – The song “Sign O’ The Times” was released by Prince.

1992 – Vince Neil quit as lead singer of Motley Crue. After 11 years with the group he says he wants to spend more time on his career as a race car driver. The band reunited on the “American Music Awards” 5 years later.

1998 – Rob Smith (Cure) did battle with the forces of musical evil (Barbara Streisand) on the TV show South Park.

2006 – In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, the Rolling Stones gave a free concert before a crowd of over 1 million people at Copacabana Beach.

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