- Birthday
- 1943
Steve Miller, an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and leader of The Steve Miller Band was born.
- 1947
Brian Johnson, an English singer, songwriter and the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC was born.
- 1951
Bob Geldof, an Irish singer-songwriter and former lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats was born.
- 1952
Harold Faltemeyer, a German musician, composer and record producer was born. He is best known for composing the "Axel F" theme song for a 1984 American action comedy film Beverly Hills Cop.
- Charts
- 1981
"Endless Love", a duet song between Lionel Richie and Diana Ross reached #1 in Australia for four consecutive weeks. It was featured on the original soundtrack to Franco Zeffirelli's movie of the same name (starring Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt).
- 1981
Kim Carnes reached number one in Spain with "Bette Davis Eyes" , the lead single from her sixth studio album, "Mistaken Identity".
- 1985
Midge Ure, the former frontman of Ultravox, hit number one spot on the UK singles chart with "If I Was", the first single from his debut solo album, "The Gift".
- 1987
Rick Astley started a three week run at no.1 in Germany with "Never Gonna Give You Up", the lead single from his debut album, "Whenever You Need Somebody".
- 1987
The Australian rock band Icehouse started a eleven week run at No. 1 on the Australian albums chart with their sixth studio album, "Man of Colours". The album produced five singles: "Crazy", "Electric Blue", "My Obsession", "Man of Colours", and "Nothing Too Serious".