1940 - Billboard publishes its first comprehensive record chart.
1968 - Cream begin a four-week run at No.1 on the US charts with Wheels Of Fire. The double album consisting of a studio record and a live record reached no. 3 in the UK.
On the same day, Iron Butterfly's second album, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, enters the US album chart on the strength of the album's the 17-minute title track. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida eventually sold over 4 million copies.
1975 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play the opening night of their Born To Run Tour at The Palace Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island, which was also the live debut of Steven Van Zandt as a member of The E Street Band.
1986 - Sid and Nancy, a film based on the life of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, premieres in London.
2008 - John Lydon denies claims by Bloc Party's Kele Okereke that he was racially abused and attacked by a member of the Sex Pistols' entourage at a music festival in Barcelona. Okereke claimed he had been attacked by several men after approaching Lydon backstage at the Summercase festival. He said the 'unprovoked' attack left him with a split lip and bruises.
Today's Birthdays include...singer Kim Carnes (73); Mr. Carlos Santana (71); Twisted Sister guitarist and Sevendust manager Jay Jay French (66); Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook (62); Brand New Heavies bassist Andrew Levy and Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard (both 52).
