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1934: Born on this day, blues guitarist Freddie King. Eric Clapton covered his \'Have You Ever Loved A Woman\' on the \'Layla\' album. Died on 27th December 1976 of heart trouble and Ulcers aged 42.

1942: Born on this day, Al Jardine, guitar, vocals, The Beach Boys, (1966 UK & US No.1 single \'Good Vibrations\', plus over 25 other UK Top 40 singles).

1944: Born on this day, Gary Leeds, The Walker Brothers, (1966 UK No.1 & US No.13 single \'The Sun Ain\'t Gonna Shine Anymore\').

1945: Born on this day, George Biondo, Steppenwolf, (1969 UK No.30 single \'Born To Be Wild\').

1947: Born on this day, Eric Bell, Thin Lizzy, (1973 UK No.6 single \'Whisky In The Jar\').

1948: Born on this day, Donald Brewer, drummer, Grand Funk Railroad, (1974 US No.1 single \'The Locomotion\'). Most successful US Heavy Metal band of the 70\'s selling over 20m albums. Also worked with Bob Seger.

1952: Born on this day, Leroy Smith, Sweet Sensation, (1974 UK No.1 single with \'Sad Sweet Dreamer\').

1955: Bill Haley & his Comets turned down a $2,000 offer for a 15-date tour of Australia because of their fear of flying.

1957: Born on this day, Suzanne Freitag, Propaganda, (1985 UK No.21 single \'Duel\').

1962: Born on this day, Lester Noel, Beats International, (1990 UK No.1 single \'Dub Be Good To Me\' featuring vocalist former actress in TV\'s \'Grange Hill\', Lindy Layton, produced by Norman Cook).

1964: During a US tour The Beatles played two shows at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. They were paid $85,000 for the shows, tickets cost $4.00.

1965: a Rolling Stones gig in Dublin, Ireland ended in a riot after 30 fans jumped onto the stage. Jagger was knocked to the floor as the rest of the band fled the stage.

1966: Donovan went to No.1 on the US singles chart with \'Sunshine Superman\', a No.2 hit in the UK. The track featured then Yardbird and future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.

1967: Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones announced he was applying for a pilot’s licence.

1968: After a two week absence, Ringo Starr rejoined The Beatles. Upon Ringo\'s return to the studio, he found his drum kit covered with flowers to welcome him back.

1970: Arthur Brown was arrested at the Palermo Pop \'70 Festival in Italy, after he set fire to his helmet (during the performance of his hit \'Fire\'), and stripped naked during his stage performance.

1973: Born on this day, David Mead, US singer, songwriter. (2001 UK airplay hit ‘Girl On The Roof’).

1977: The month after his death, Elvis Presley had 27 albums and 9 singles in the Top 100 charts in the UK. \'Moody Blue\' was the No.1 album while \'Way Down\' was No.1 on the singles chart, (putting him equal with the Beatles, each amassing 17 No.1 hits).

1979: Born on this day, Tomislav \'Tomo\' Milichevich Sarajevo, lead guitarist, 30 Seconds to Mars.

1980: Born on this day, Jay \'Cone\' McCaslin, bass, Sum 41, (2001 UK No 13 single \'In Too Deep\').

1982: The three day US Festival in San Bernardino, California took place featuring, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, The Police, The Cars, Talking Heads, The Kinks, Ramones, B52\'s, The English Beat, Gang Of Four, The Grateful Dead, Pat Benatar, Jackson Browne. Apple Computers founder Steven Wozniak bankrolled the festival.

1983: UB40 had their first UK No.1 single with \'Red Red Wine\'. Taken from their album Labour of Love the song was a cover of the 1968 Neil Diamond hit song. The re-released single was a US No.1 in 1988.

1984: Born on this day, Robert Curry, US singer with Day26, also known as a contestant on the TV show Making the Band 4.

1990: R.E.M. started recording sessions for their Out Of Time album at Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York.

1991: during her 101 date I\'m Your Baby Tonight World Tour, Whitney Houston played the first of 10 dates at Wembley Arena, London.

1999: the largest music bootleg bust in US history was made. It was estimated that this one operation alone was responsible for $100 million in lost revenues. Recording equipment valued at $250,000 was confiscated, as were almost 1 million CDs and tapes.

2000: Robbie Williams started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with \'Sing When You\'re Winning\'.

2002: The Rolling Stones 40th anniversary Licks tour kicked off at the Fleet Centre Boston. Tickets for the best seats cost $224. The world tour would see the band playing to over 2.5m fans over 100 shows.

2003: Libertines singer Pete Doherty was sentenced to six months in jail after being found guilty to burglary and drug possession charges. His sentence was reduced to two months on appeal.

2004: Sir Cliff Richard stunned the music industry by ending his contract with EMI records and signing with Eminem’s label Universal Music. Cliff had sold over 250 million records with EMI during his 46 year career.

2005: Gorillaz were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with \'Dare\', lead vocals on the track are taken by Shaun Ryder, formerly with the Happy Mondays.

2006: Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with \'SexyBack\' his first UK No.1 hit. The track won Timberlake and Timbaland the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. It was was the longest-running No.1 single of 2006 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, staying seven weeks at the top.

2007: during a US tour with Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way married Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn Z after a gig in Colorado.

2008: Heavy metal band Slipknot scored their first US number one album - but only after a recount put them ahead of rapper The Game\'s latest release. Slipknot topped the US chart with their fourth studio album All Hope Is Gone which, according to analysts Nielsen SoundScan, sold 239,516 copies - 1,134 more than the Games album.

2009: Madonna\'s Sticky and Sweet world became the the highest grossing tour ever for a solo artist tour making $408m (Ł250m). The 51 year old singer had performed in 32 countries.

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