2015 Event Beck wins Album of the Year and Sam Smith wins both Song and Record of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, while 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' wins five awards and 'Boyhood' wins best film at the 68th BAFTA Awards 2013 Event At the annual Billboard Music Awards, Taylor Swift wins top album, top artist, and 6 other awards 2013 Event At the Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, winners include Fun for the song 'We Are Young', Gotye featuring Kimbra for the record for 'Somebody That I Used To Know", and Mumford & Sons for the album 'Babel' 2012 Event At the Grammy Awards, Adele, a British singer, wins awards for the Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Album of the Year 2011 Event The music video for the single, 'Marry the Night' is released by pop singer Lady Gaga; the song is from her 2011 album 'Born This Way' 2011 Event P. J. Harvey's album 'Let England Shake' wins best album in the United Kingdom and Ireland 2009 Death Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47 2001 Death Aaliyah, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million', dies in Marsh Harbour, The Bahamas, at age 22, in a plane crash 1996 Death Walter Hyatt, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business', dies at 46 in a plane crash 1995 Death Nancy LaMott, singer, cabaret genre, album 'Ask Me Again' ranked 12th in Billboard Magazine's Top Jazz Albums chart, performed twice for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, dies at 43 1994 Event Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, Live at BBC, is released in Britain 1992 Birthday Miley Ray Cyrus, pop-rock singer, actress, 100 Most Influential People in the World list, Time magazine, 2008, star of Disney's 'Hannah Montana', debut album, 'Meet Miley Cyrus' had first top ten single, 'See You Again' 1992 Death David Wojuarowicz, artist (U2 album cover), dies of AIDs at 37 1992 Event Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album "Shadows and Light" 1991 Event Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records 1991 Event Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records 1990 Event Producers confirm that Milli Vanilla didn't sing on their album 1990 Event Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes and 58.44 seconds backwards! 1989 Event George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976 - 1989" album 1988 Birthday Vanessa Hudgens, born in Salinas, California, actress, singer, debut album, titled, 'V', certified Gold, screen debut, drama film, 'Thirteen', 2003, known for playing role of Gabriella Montez in High School Musical series 1988 Event Roxette releases "Roxette Look Sharp!" album 1987 Birthday Aaron Carter, born in Tampa, Florida, singer, album, 'Oh Aaron' features recording with older brother Nick, recorded, 'I Just Can't Wait to Be King' for the movie, 'The Lion King' 1987 Event Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love" 1987 Birthday Joss Stone, born in Dover, England, singer, actress, multi-platinum album, 'The Soul Sessions', top ten hit song, 'You Had Me', sold over 10 million albums worldwide 1986 Event John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album 1986 Event Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album 1986 Event Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single 1986 Event "John Lennon: Live in New York City" album is released 1985 Event Heart's "Heart," album goes #1 1985 Event Barbra Streisand records "Broadway Album" 1985 Event Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks 1984 Birthday Ashlee Simpson, born in Waco, Texas, singer, songwriter, actress, appeared on 'The Ashlee Simpson Show' reality series, successful album titled, 'Autobiography' 1984 Event Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 24 weeks 1984 Event Yoko Ono releases "I'm Stepping Out", the last single from the John Lennon and Yoko Ono album 'Milk and Honey' 1984 Event After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose" 1984 Event John and Yoko release "Milk and Honey" album 1983 Event Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album 1983 Event Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany 1983 Event Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks 1982 Event George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album 1982 Event Decca releases Beatle audition "Complete Silver Beatles" album 1981 Event Ringo releases "Stop and Smell Roses" album 1981 Birthday Josh Groban, born in Los Angels, California, singer, songwriter, actor, sold nearly 20 million albums, album, 'Josh Groban' went from gold to double-platinum 1981 Birthday Alicia Keys, born in New York City, New York, born Alicia Augello Cook, singer, recording artist, actress, debut album, 'Songs in A Minor', won five Grammy Awards 1981 Birthday Willa Ford, born in America, singer, songwriter, television personality, modeled for 'Playboy' magazine, debut album titled, 'Willa Was Here' 1980 Event John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in the United Kingdom 1980 Event Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks and her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks 1980 Event Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts 1980 Event Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album 1980 Birthday Chingy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, born Howard Bailey, Jr., rapper, debut album, 'Jackpot' produced hit titled, 'One Call Away' and went Triple Platinum 1979 Event Wings release "Back to the Egg" album 1979 Birthday Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide 1979 Event George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album 1979 Birthday Aaliyah, born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million' 1978 Birthday Clay Aiken, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, singer, appeared on 'American Idol' television show, debut album, 'Measure of a Man' went multi-platinum 1978 Birthday Mario Vazquez, born in The Bronx, New York, singer, competitor on television show, 'American Idol', released album, 'Mario Vazquez' with Arista Records in 2005 1978 Event Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" 1978 Event Wings release "London Town" album 1978 Event Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks 1978 Event Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania" 1977 Event Ringo releases "Ringo the 4th" album 1977 Event Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released 1977 Event Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks 1977 Event Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album released 1976 Event Wings release triple album "Wings Over America" 1976 Event Ringo releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album 1976 Event Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album 1976 Event Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive" 1975 Event George Harrison releases "Extra Texture" album in the United Kingdom 1975 Birthday Lil' Kim, born New York City, New York, born Kimberly Denise Jones, hip hop, rapper, debut album 'Conspiracy' generated three hit singles 1975 Event Wings release "Venus and Mars" album 1975 Birthday Lauryn Hill, born in South Orange, New Jersey, singer, actress, won five Grammy's for 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' album, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide 1975 Event John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album 1974 Event George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in the United Kingdom 1974 Birthday Natalie Maines, born in Lubbock, Texas, singer, songwriter, the Dixie Chicks, alternative country band, Grammy-Award winning album, 'Taking the Long Way' 1974 Event John Lennon releases "Walls and Bridges" album 1974 Birthday Jewel, born in Payson, Utah, Jewel Kilcher, singer, guitarist, actress, musician, sold over 27 million albums worldwide, hit debut album 'Pieces of You' 1974 Event Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly" 1974 Event Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1974 Birthday Bryan White, born in Lawton, Oklahoma, singer, songwriter, albums 'Bryan White', 'Between Now and Forever' certified platinum, album 'The Right Place' certified gold 1973 Event Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album 1973 Event John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album 1973 Event Ringo releases "Ringo" album 1973 Event George Harrison pays 1,000,000 pounds tax on his Bangladesh concert and album 1973 Event Beatles' "Beatles 1967-1970," album goes #1 1972 Birthday Eminem, born in Detroit, Michigan, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, rapper, actor, record producer, best-selling solo album, 'The Marshall Mathers LP' 1972 Birthday Amanda Marshall, born in Toronto, Canada, singer, multi-platinum album, 'Tuesday's Child', others include, 'Everybody's Got a Story' 1972 Event Elvis Presley records a live album at New York's Madison Square Garden 1972 Birthday Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl' 1972 Event Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK 1971 Birthday Dido Armstrong, born in London, England, known as 'Dido', singer, songwriter, album, 'No Angel' sold over 16 million copies worldwide, 'Life for Rent' sold over 12 million copies 1971 Event Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life" 1971 Event John Lennon releases "Imagine" album 1971 Birthday Missy Elliot, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, actress, producer, recording artist, double platinum album 'Under Construction', produced music for Mya, Beyonce, Lil' Kim 1971 Event Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold 1971 Event Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram" 1971 Birthday Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Mexican American singer, called 'The Queen of Tejano music', released first album at age 12 1970 Event George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 Event George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 Birthday Chad Taylor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, musician, lead guitarist, member of the band, Live, album 'Throwing Copper', sold over 25 million records 1970 Event Ringo Starr released his "Beaccups of Blues" album 1970 Event Ringo releases his "Beaucoups of Blues" album 1970 Birthday Macy Gray, born in Canton, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, Grammy-Award winner, films, 'Idlewild', 'Training Day', hit song, 'I Try', famous album, 'On How Life Is' 1970 Event Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks 1970 Event Beatles release "Let it Be" album 1970 Event Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released 1970 Event Ringo releases his 1st solo album "Sentimental Journey" 1970 Event Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released 1970 Event Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album 1969 Event Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released 1969 Event John and Yoko release their 2nd album "Wedding Album" in UK 1969 Event Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks 1969 Event Beatles release "Abbey Road" album 1969 Birthday Mica Paris, born in South London, England, born Michelle Wallen, rocker, singer, actress, radio and television presenter, known for 1988 debut platinum-selling album 'So Good' 1969 Birthday Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 1969 Event Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album 1969 Event Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album (never released) 1969 Event Mary Hopkin's Postcard album on Apple is released 1969 Event Cream releases their last album "Goodbye" 1969 Event Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK 1969 Event Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US 1969 Event Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album 1969 Event Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts 1968 Event Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks 1968 Event John and Yoko release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK 1968 Event Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album 1968 Event John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album 1968 Event Beatles "White Album" completed 1968 Event Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on cover 1968 Event Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles" 1968 Event Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks 1967 Event Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in UK 1966 Event Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks 1966 Event Beatles' "Revolver" album is released 1966 Event Beatles' "Yesterday... and Today," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 1966 Event Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday and Today" album, It is later pulled 1966 Event Love's 1st album released "Love" 1966 Event Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks 1966 Birthday Deana Carter, born in Nashville, Texas, Deana Kay Carter, country singer, famous for multi-platinum debut album 'Did I Shave My Legs for This?', albums include fourteen singles, three reached number one on the Billboard country charts, including 'Strawberry Wine' 1965 Event Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks 1965 Birthday Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide 1965 Birthday Shania Twain, born in Windsor, Canada, born Eileen Regina Edwards, singer, album, 'Come on Over' best-selling album of all time by a female musician 1965 Event Beatles release "Help" album in U.K. 1965 Event Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks 1965 Event Beatles release album "Beatles VI" 1965 Event Rock group Who releases 1st album "I Can't Explain" 1965 Event "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks 1964 Event Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album 1964 Event Barbra Streisand's "People," album goes #1 for 5 weeks 1964 Event Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 14 weeks 1964 Event Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album 1964 Event WMCA (New York City) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th 1964 Event Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago 1964 Event Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for for 5 weeks 1964 Event Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks 1964 Event "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold 1964 Event "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US 1964 Event "Meet The Beatles" album released in US 1963 Event Beatles release their 2nd album "With the Beatles" in UK 1963 Birthday Thomas Perry, born in Germany, born Thomas Wellnowski, singer, songwriter, lead vocalist for Surprises band, performed own compositions on 'The Ballad Album' 1963 Event Beatles release 1st album, "Please Please Me" 1963 Event Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album 1962 Event Vaughn Meader's "1st Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 weeks 1962 Birthday Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle' 1962 Event West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album 1962 Birthday Paul Webb, born in Essex, England, musician, producer, bass player, member of reggae band Eskalator, joined band TalkTalk in 1981, produced album 'The Year of the Leopard' with James Jorkston in 1996 1962 Birthday Trace Adkins, born in Springhill, Louisiana, country music singer, successful album 'Songs About Me' was certified double multi-platinum 1961 Event Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller 1961 Event Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 weeks 1961 Birthday Mike Francis, born in Florence, Italy, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis' 1958 Birthday Nikki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, musician, songwriter, member, Motley Crue, plays hard rock, heavy metal genres, wrote, most successful album 'Dr. Feelgood' 1958 Event South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks 1957 Birthday Pam Tillis, born in Plant City, Florida, singer, country music genre, daughter of Mel Tillis, album, 'Put Yourself in My Place' certified gold by the RIAA 1957 Birthday Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair' 1956 Birthday Nigel Kennedy, born in Brighton, English, violinist, jazz and classical music, boy prodigy, play Fats Waller tunes by ear at age 10, featured on Sarah Brightman's album Harem 1956 Event Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks 1956 Birthday Kenny G, born in Seattle, Washington, born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, saxophonist, composer, songwriter, breakthrough album, Duotones, released in 1986 1955 Birthday Cassandra Wilson, born in Jackson, Mississippi, jazz singer, guitar player, jazz and blues genres, album 'New Moon Daughter' won Grammy Award 1955 Birthday Joe Leeway, born in Islington, England, musician, songwriter for the Thompson Twins, played bongos, congas for album, 'A Product of ... (Participation)' 1953 Birthday Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet 1953 Birthday Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres 1951 Birthday Nancy LaMott, born in New York City, New York, singer, cabaret genre, album 'Ask Me Again' ranked 12th in Billboard Magazine's Top Jazz Albums chart, performed twice for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton 1951 Event 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf 1951 Birthday Jorge Santana, born in Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico, musician, member of band Malo, recorded with Malo members to produce solo albums Jorge Santana, It's All About Love, plays green Frender Stratocaster guitar, recorded Santana Brothers album with brother, Carlos Santana, 1994 1951 Birthday Bill Frisell, born in Baltimore, Maryland, guitarist, composer, song 'Over the Rainbow' featured in move, 'Finding Forrester', Grammy-award winning album 'Unspeakable' 1951 Birthday Jack Green, musician, guitar, played with T. Rex, The Pretty Things, member of Rainbow, launched solo album Humanesque 1951 Birthday Alphonso Johnson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bassist, jazz, jazz fusion genres, considered one of the world's best bassists, played on Weather Report album Mysterious Traveller 1950 Birthday Gary Green, born in Stroud Green, England, guitarist for Gentle Giant rock band, worked with Billy Sherwood on album, 'Back Against The Wall', 2005 1949 Birthday Walter Hyatt, born in America, musician, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business' 1946 Birthday David Liebman, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, rocker, saxaphonist, flautist, worked with Steve Swallow, Pete La Roca, played with Elvin Jones, Miles Davis's group, appeared on 'Big Fun' album, among others 1946 Birthday Paul Dean, born in Vancouver, Canada, guitarist, founded band, Streetheart and Loverboy, won Composer of the Year Juno Award for 'Turn Me Loose', Loverboy's 1980 debut album 1945 Event Billboard publishes its 1st album chart (King Cole Trio is #1) 1944 Birthday Ted Templeman, born in Santa Cruz, musician, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, drummer, produced 'The Doobie Brothers' for Warner Brothers, 'Montrose', Carly Simon's 'Another Passenger', Van Halen's first album 1942 Birthday Greg Ridley, born in Cumberland, England, rock, bass guitarist, played for Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth, popular double album Performance Rockin' the Fillmore 1938 Birthday Ray Sharpe, born in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Lee Hazlewood produced debut album, second album featured Duane Eddy and Al Casey on guitars, recorded with King Curtis 1917 Death Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Germany composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 1916 Death Ludwig P Scharwenka, German composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 1847 Birthday Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer, Album polonaise
