1999 – Curtis Mayfield, a pioneer of American soul music who penned some of the most lasting songs of the 1960s and ’70s, dies at a hospital in Roswell, Ga. He is 57 years old.
1974 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Angie Baby,” Helen Reddy. The song is Reddy’s third and final No. 1 song.
1968 – Led Zeppelin gives its U.S. debut performance in Boston.
1951 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Cry,” Johnnie Ray.
1944 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Don’t Fence Me In,” Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters.
1940 – Songwriter/producer Phil Spector is born. He produced John Lennon’s “Imagine” and George Harrison’s “Bangla-Desh.”
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