1958- After being drafted in the US Army, Elvis Presley was assigned to the 3rd Armored Division in Friedberg, West Germany.
1962- Little Stevie Wonder (aged 12), released his first single, ‘I Call It Pretty Music, (But The Old People Call It The Blues)’, the single featured Marvin Gaye on drums.
1968- The Jackson Five made their formal debut with Diana Ross and The Supremes at the Great Western Forum, California.
1975- Peter Gabriel announced that he was leaving Genesis. The group auditioned more than 400 singers during the next 18 months before deciding that Phil Collins, who had been the drummer for Genesis since 1970, could front the band.
1977- Elvis Presley was found dead lying on the floor in his bathroom by his girlfriend Ginger Alden, he had been seated on the toilet reading ‘The Scientific Search For Jesus’. He died of heart failure at the age of 42.
1986- Rick Allen, drummer with Def Leppard, made his first live appearance with the band after losing an arm in a car accident, when they appeared at the Monsters Of Rock Festival, Castle Donington, England.
2015- One Direction were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Drag Me Down’. It was the band’s first single since Zayn Malik’s departure earlier in this year The track won the fan-voted ‘Best Video Award’ at the 2016 Brit Awards.
2018- American singer and songwriter Aretha Franklin died in Detroit at the age of 76.
