2006 – For the first time in their 22-year career, Red Hot Chili Peppers score a No. 1 album on The Billboard 200. The two-disc “Stadium Arcadium” (Warner Bros.) sells 442,000 copies in the United States in its debut week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
2001 – Tracy Byrd takes part in a tribute to the late Dale Earnhardt at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. Byrd sings while the jumbotron video screens show highlights of Earnhardt’s many exploits at the track.
1999 – B.B. King, Susan Tedeschi, and Keb’Mo’ capture multiple W.C. Handy Awards at the Blues Foundation’s ceremony at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis.
1996 – Concert promoter Ivan Sutton dies at the age of 82.
1994 – A son, Miles Brockman, is born in Los Angeles to singer Lionel Richie and Diane Alexander.
1971 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Brown Sugar,” The Rolling Stones.
1964 – Eleven boys are suspended at a Coventry, England, school for having hairstyles like Mick Jagger.
1961 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Travelin’ Man,” Ricky Nelson. The song is one of Nelson’s two No. 1 hits. It is certified a gold record for sales of more than 1 million copies.
1957 – The Buddy Holly & the Crickets hit “That’ll Be the Day” is released.
1947 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Heartaches,” Ted Weems Orchestra/Elmo Tanner.
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