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- Spanish composer Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles was born.
- Hungarian composer Mihaly Mosonyi was born.
- Austrian composer Anton Joseph Bruckner was born.
- American radio broadcaster and occasional recording artist Paul Harvey was born.
- English singer Teddy Johnson was born. With his wife Pearl Carr, he formed an English husband-and-wife singing duo that was popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. They represented the United Kingdom at the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest and finished second with “Sing, Little Birdie.”
- Wingy Manone recorded “Downright Disgusted” with Gene Krupa on drums.
- Blues guitarist Earl Wade was born.
- Soul singer Sonny Charles of Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd. was born Charles Hemphill. Sources disagree on his birthplace: one gives Fort Wayne, Indiana, while another gives Blytheville, Arkansas. He became known as the lead singer of the R&B group Checkmates, Ltd.
- American soul and R&B singer Merald “Bubba” Knight, brother of Gladys Knight and a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Their first hit was a version of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” in 1967. With Gladys Knight, he had the US number-one single “Midnight Train to Georgia” in 1973.
- British bassist Tony Jarrett of Vanity Fare was born. The group was formed in 1966 and released the million-selling hit “Hitchin' a Ride,” which became a worldwide hit in 1970.
- Gene Parsons, American drummer, banjo player, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, was born in Morongo Valley, California. He became known as a member of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers and was with The Byrds from 1968 to 1972. He is credited, along with Clarence White, with inventing the B-Bender (StringBender).
- American guitarist, singer and songwriter Gary Duncan was born in San Diego, California. He became known for his work with The Brogues and Quicksilver Messenger Service; Quicksilver Messenger Service was formed in San Francisco in 1965.
- Ronald LePread, bassist for the American funk and soul group The Commodores, was born. The group had the UK and US number-one single “Three Times a Lady” in 1978, as well as the hits “Easy” and “Nightshift.”
- Frank Sinatra performed in Las Vegas for the first time, appearing at the Desert Inn hotel and casino. By 1959, he had become one of the city's major attractions with the Rat Pack.
- Martin Chambers, drummer and founding member of the rock band The Pretenders, was born in Hereford, England. The group had the UK number-one single “Brass in Pocket” in 1980 and the US number-five single “Back on the Chain Gang” in 1983.
- The vocal group The Pips was formed at the birthday party of Gladys Knight's brother, Merald “Bubba” Knight. After their first major hit, “Every Beat of My Heart,” reached number six in 1961, the group was renamed Gladys Knight & The Pips.
- In connection with the release of his second single on Sun Records, “Good Rockin' Tonight,” Elvis Presley performed with Bill Black and Scotty Moore at the Grand Ole Opry for the first time. The audience reaction was so unfavorable that Opry manager Jim Denny told Elvis to return to driving a truck. Sources for the same date also list an engagement at the Eagles Nest in Memphis, Tennessee. Two weeks later, the trio performed on the competing radio and television program Louisiana Hayride and signed a contract for 52 Saturday night broadcasts.
- Music for Elvis Presley's new film Love Me Tender was recorded on the soundstage at 20th Century Fox.
- Jerry Lee Lewis filed for divorce from his second wife. Three months later, he married his cousin Myra before the divorce had been legally finalized.
- The dance television program The Buddy Deane Show premiered in Baltimore, Maryland. The two-hour rock 'n' roll show allowed viewers to call in and speak with celebrity guests, eventually overwhelming the telephone lines to the point that the telephone company asked Buddy Deane to stop.
- Elvis Presley was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, where he underwent advanced tank training as part of the 2nd Armored Division. He was stationed there for six months.
- Jerry Butler & the Impressions made their first national television appearance on American Bandstand.
- Following the stabbing deaths of two teenagers by a 17-year-old perpetrator and other similar violent incidents in New York, radio station WCBS banned all versions of “Mack the Knife.” Bobby Darin's version later won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best New Artist and was added to the National Recording Registry in 2016.
- Dick Clark's touring show began its run at the Michigan State Fair. The program featured Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Duane Eddy, The Coasters, LaVern Baker and Jan & Dean. The huge crowds eventually convinced Clark to launch his iconic nationwide Caravan of Stars bus tour.
- Kim Thayil, American musician and lead guitarist of Soundgarden, was born in Seattle, Washington. He grew up near Chicago in Park Forest, Illinois, and became known as a co-founder of the Seattle rock band Soundgarden.
- “ Tossin' and Turnin' ” by Bobby Lewis spent its tenth week at number one.
- Bobby Vee's “Take Good Care of My Baby” moved from number 23 to number six on the chart.
- Elvis Presley's single “(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame” moved from number 66 to number 32 and became the fastest-rising song on the chart.
- The Highwaymen began a two-week run at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 with “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore,” also known as “Michael.” It was a million-selling, gold-certified single and an adaptation of a 19th-century African-American spiritual originally sung by enslaved people on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. The version by the Wesleyan University quintet from Middletown, Connecticut, earned a gold record for sales of one million copies.
- The Marvelettes' debut single “Please Mr. Postman” debuted on the charts.
- Production began in Seattle, Washington, on the film It Happened at the World's Fair. Elvis Presley arrived in Seattle for location filming and stayed in a suite on the 14th floor of the Doric New Washington Hotel.
- The Beach Boys released the album Surfin' Safari in the US around this time.
- The Beatles held their first formal joint recording session at EMI Studios at Abbey Road, following an earlier June 6 session with which George Martin was dissatisfied. They rehearsed and recorded a total of six songs, including “Love Me Do.” Sources differ on the other songs and details of the session, citing such tracks as “Please Please Me,” “P.S. I Love You” and a version of “How Do You Do It?” that remained unreleased until its appearance on Anthology 1 in 1995. It was also Ringo Starr's first recording session with the group.
- Rehearsals and filming began for a dance scene in the film Viva Las Vegas and continued for two days. The scene was set in a Las Vegas nightclub, where Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret first danced to a version of “The Climb,” followed by Elvis singing “What'd I Say.”
- Elvis Presley's single “Such a Night” reached number 13 in the UK.
- The Animals made their first appearance in the US at the Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn, New York. Their major hit “House of the Rising Sun” had just reached number one on the US chart that week.
- The Rolling Stones scored their first UK number-one single with “It's All Over Now,” which one source says was released around this date.
- Bob Dylan's “Like a Rolling Stone” moved from number six to number two.
- The Beatles began a three-week run at number one on the US singles chart with “Help!,” the title song from their second film. “Help!” was their 36th hit and their ninth US number-one song in less than two years. In 1965, it became an international hit and topped the charts in ten other countries.
- The McCoys' “Hang On Sloopy” moved from number 49 to number 22.
- The Rolling Stones played two shows at the Adelphi Theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, following two concerts in Dublin the previous evening.
- The Who had their equipment van stolen outside Battersea Dogs' Home in England while they were inside getting a guard dog. One source valued the equipment at $10,000, while another put it at more than £5,000. The van was later recovered. Some sources describe the incident as the theft of the van and equipment, while others emphasize the theft of equipment from the van.
- Lulu released the single “To Sir with Love.”
- The Doors released “People Are Strange” through Elektra Records from their second album, Strange Days. The song became an anthem of alienation, reached number 12 on the US Hot 100 and number 10 on Cash Box; one source also lists it as reaching number one in Canada.
- Pink Floyd performed at the Middle Earth club at the Club House, Richmond Athletic Club, in Richmond, England.
- The Beatles filmed promotional videos for “Hey Jude” and “Revolution” at Twickenham Film Studios. The vocals were recorded live over prerecorded instrumental tracks to circumvent the British Musicians' Union ban on miming performances. For “Hey Jude,” they were accompanied by a 36-piece orchestra and 300 fans and extras who joined in the singing during the extended finale.
- The Beatles began recording “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” featuring Eric Clapton on lead guitar.
- The Beatles performed before a live audience for the first time in two years when they filmed promotional films for “Hey Jude” and “Revolution” before approximately 100 spectators at Twickenham Studios. The filming went so well that they decided to create a documentary, which became Let It Be.
- The Rascals simultaneously received two gold albums: their 1966 debut, The Young Rascals, and the greatest-hits compilation Time Peace, which had reached the top of the chart.
- The Rolling Stones' “Street Fighting Man” was banned by several radio stations in Chicago and other cities following violence during the Democratic National Convention, amid fears that its lyrics could provoke further unrest. Local authorities were concerned that its revolutionary lyrics could incite public disorder or further violence. According to one source, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were not particularly concerned about the censorship; Jagger joked that censorship had previously helped one of the band's records sell a million copies.
- The film Easy Rider, starring Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, premiered at The Classic cinema in London. The soundtrack featured music by artists including The Band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Byrds, The Electric Prunes, Steppenwolf and others.
- Sasha, born Alexander Paul Coe, producer and DJ, was born. He is known for his live performances and electronic music as a solo artist and for his work with British DJ John Digweed as Sasha & John Digweed.
- According to available sources, The Youngbloods did not appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson because of conflicts before the broadcast. Johnny Carson claimed that the band had complained about the set, lighting, sound and the entire show, while guitarist and pianist Lowell Levinger said the band had not been treated like guests. Another source says the group left because of poor sound quality. The band had originally planned to perform two songs, a new song and “Get Together,” but after the show ran long, the new song was dropped and The Youngbloods left.
- Elvis Presley performed an evening and midnight show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The evening show began at 8:30 p.m. before an audience of 2,200, followed by the midnight show.
- Igor Cavalera, drummer and co-founder of the Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The band was formed in 1984 and became a major force in thrash metal and groove metal in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
- The Allman Brothers Band performed at The Scene club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- The Rolling Stones released their second live album, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert. It was released by Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US, reached number six in America and was certified platinum. In the UK, it reached number one and became the first live album to top the official chart; overall, it reached the Top 10 in nine countries.
- The E Street Band was formed at a Bruce Springsteen concert at the Student Prince in Asbury Park, New Jersey, when saxophonist Clarence Clemons first performed on stage with the group. The story was later captured in the song “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.”
- Elvis Presley performed an evening and midnight show at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, with 2,200 people attending each show.
- During their North American tour, Led Zeppelin performed at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada.
- Paul and Linda McCartney reached number one on the US singles chart with “Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey” from the album Ram, released only in the US. It was Paul McCartney's first US solo number-one hit. The song also topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand that year. Paul later explained that “Uncle Albert” was based on his real uncle, while “Admiral Halsey” referred to US Admiral William “Bull” Halsey.
- Paul McCartney's album Ram reached number one on the UK chart.
- Motown's The Undisputed Truth had their only Billboard Top 40 hit when “Smiling Faces Sometimes” reached number three. The trio's other singles never climbed higher than number 63.
- Ty Longley, guitarist and singer of Great White, was born. The band had a hit in 1989 with their cover of Ian Hunter's “Once Bitten Twice Shy.” Longley died on February 20, 2003, along with 100 fans after pyrotechnics ignited a nightclub during a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
- Elvis Presley attended a press conference with Colonel Parker and the president of RCA at which the Aloha from Hawaii show, scheduled for January 14 of the following year, was announced.
- Elvis Presley concluded his Las Vegas engagement with evening and midnight performances at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Welsh musician Guto Pryce, bassist for Super Furry Animals, was born. The group had the UK number-11 single “Northern Lines” in 1999.
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on Jerry Lewis's Muscular Dystrophy Telethon Show in the US in support of muscular dystrophy research. From the Americana Hotel in New York, Lennon performed “Imagine” with Elephant's Memory, followed by Yoko Ono performing her new song “Now or Never.” The program concluded with a reggae version of “Give Peace a Chance,” with Jerry Lewis playing trumpet.
- Concession vendor Francisco Caruso was killed during a Wishbone Ash concert in Texas after refusing to give a fan a free sandwich.
- Elvis Presley hired a Nashville gospel quartet featuring Donnie Sumner and Sherrill Nielsen as his personal backing group. He named the group Voice and reportedly paid them $100,000 a year.
- The Rolling Stones performed at the Sporthalle in Cologne, Germany.
- American singer and dancer Carmit Bachar was born in Los Angeles, California. She became best known as a member of the girl group The Pussycat Dolls. In 2005, the group had the US number-two and UK number-one hit “Don't Cha” with Busta Rhymes and became only the fourth girl group to enter the UK chart at number one with its debut single.
- David Bowie performed at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.
- Elvis Presley and Sheila Ryan attended the opening night of Vikki Carr's engagement at the Tropicana.
- Hawkwind performed at the Olympen venue in Lund, Sweden.
- British-American DJ, music producer and songwriter Mark Ronson was born in London, England. In 2007, his album Version reached number two in the UK, and he produced recordings for Christina Aguilera, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Miley Cyrus. In 2014, his single “Uptown Funk,” featuring Bruno Mars, spent 14 weeks at number one in the US and seven non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK singles chart.
- The Bee Gees reached number one on the US singles chart with “You Should Be Dancing,” which reached number five in the UK. The song marked the beginning of their disco era and was used the following year in a scene from Saturday Night Fever in which John Travolta takes over the dance floor. It was also the Bee Gees' first US number-one hit featuring Barry Gibb's distinctive falsetto. One source calls it the group's second US number-one single, while another calls it their third.
- Blue Öyster Cult's biggest hit, “(Don't Fear) The Reaper,” entered the Billboard Top 40 and later reached number 12. The song deals with eternal love and the inevitability of death.
- Elvis Presley performed at the Civic Center in Lakeland, Florida, at 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
- Nearly 14 months after its release, Fleetwood Mac's self-titled tenth studio album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 for one week, knocking Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive! from the top spot. It was the band's first album with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. It produced the hits “Over My Head,” “Rhiannon” and “Say You Love Me,” later sold more than five million copies in the US and was certified nine-times platinum. It was the first of three Fleetwood Mac albums to reach number one in the US.
- KISS released the soft-rock ballad “Beth,” which reached number seven and became their only US Top 10 hit.
- Sex Pistols made their television debut on the Manchester program Granada TV's So It Goes.
- Wild Cherry's “Play That Funky Music” was at number one on the R&B chart.
- AC/DC performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.
- The Grateful Dead played the first of three concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York.
- Dan Miller of the American boy band O-Town was born in Laconia, New Hampshire. The group won the American television show Making the Band and had the number-three US single “All or Nothing” in 2001.
- The new Yes lineup of Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn began a record three-night sold-out run at Madison Square Garden in New York in support of the album Drama. One source states that Madison Square Garden had a capacity of 19,000.
- Beyoncé Knowles was born in Houston, Texas. She became famous as the lead singer of Destiny's Child and later achieved a successful solo career. With the group, she had the US number-one hit “Say My Name” in 2000 and the US and UK number-one single and album “Survivor” in 2001. As a solo artist, she had the US and UK number-one hit “Crazy in Love” from the successful album Dangerously in Love in 2003. According to the sources, she has sold more than 100 million records as a solo artist and approximately 60 million more with Destiny's Child.
- George Strait's debut album Strait Country was released in the US.
- John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
- Van Halen performed at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Frank Zappa's single “Valley Girl” reached number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was the only time Zappa placed a song in the US Top 40.
- Glenn Frey's solo single “The One You Love” moved from number 75 to number 53.
- Pat Benatar, The Cars, Santana, The Kinks, Eddie Money and Dave Edmunds performed during an all-day music program at the US Festival at Glen Helen Regional Park near San Bernardino, California.
- Steve Miller Band began a two-week run at number one on the US singles chart with “Abracadabra,” their third US number-one hit, which reached number two in the UK. The song was reportedly inspired by Diana Ross, whom Miller met while they were both appearing on Hullabaloo in the 1960s. Another source states that the song began a two-week run at number two in the US, so the sources disagree on this detail. It was later certified gold by the RIAA and subsequently double platinum.
- Survivor were at number one on the UK singles chart with “Eye of the Tiger,” the title song from the film Rocky III, beginning a four-week run at the top. After spending six weeks at number one in the US, the song reached the top of the UK chart. It was their only UK number-one hit. The song won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance.
- Phil Lynott played his final concert with Thin Lizzy at the Monsters of Rock festival in Nuremberg, Germany. Lynott died nearly two and a half years later, on January 4, 1986.
- Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band was arrested in Florida for driving under the influence shortly after regaining his driver's license following a five-year suspension. Police spotted his 1985 Pontiac Trans Am weaving along Route 441; he was arrested in Belleview, with one source placing the area south of Ocala. His blood alcohol level was recorded at 0.27, and he was also charged with driving with an expired license. He was sentenced to five days in jail and community service, which he completed by performing at drug- and alcohol-free high school proms at local schools. He served the sentence in January 1987.
- Mike Joyce, drummer of The Smiths, left the band, stating that his role in the group had been fulfilled. In 1996, he sued former Smiths members Johnny Marr and Morrissey over an equal share of songwriting and recording income. He won the case and received approximately £1 million in damages.
- English singer, songwriter and guitarist James Bay was born in Hitchin, England. He became known for his debut studio album Chaos and the Calm, which according to the source reached number one on the chart.
- Queensryche released Empire, a triple-platinum album featuring the song “Silent Lucidity.”
- Country singer and songwriter Dottie West died at the age of 58 from injuries sustained in a car accident several days earlier while traveling to a performance at the Grand Ole Opry. She was the first woman to win a Grammy in the country category.
- Paula Abdul hosted the AIDS-awareness television special In a New Light '93.
- UB40 spent their seventh week at number one with their cover of Elvis Presley's classic “Can't Help Falling in Love.”
- Blur, Oasis, Radiohead, Paul Weller, Manic Street Preachers and The Stone Roses recorded tracks for the charity album War Child, which was released five days later. All proceeds went to children affected by the war in the former Yugoslavia.
- Jethro Tull released the album Roots to Branches.
- Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) appeared at a London music store after an 18-year absence, signing copies of his new spoken-word Islamic album The Life of the Last Prophet, released under his legal name, Yusuf Islam.
- Oasis caused a stir at the MTV Awards at Radio City Hall in New York. During their performance of “Champagne Supernova,” singer Liam Gallagher spat on stage and threw beer into the audience.
- Oasis reached number one in the UK with “Don't Look Back in Anger,” which was released there as a single.
- At the MTV Video Music Awards, Van Halen appeared on stage for the first time in 11 years with founding singer David Lee Roth, who had recently split from the band with Sammy Hagar. They did not perform together but jointly presented Beck with the award for Best Male Video for “Where It's At.” The reunion was short-lived, and a month later the band announced Gary Cherone, formerly of Extreme, as their new singer. Roth issued a statement saying he had been an unwitting participant in the deception. Van Halen released one album with Cherone before reuniting with Roth in 2007.
- Bruce Springsteen joined The Wallflowers on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards, and they performed “One Headlight” together.
- After performing at the MTV Video Music Awards, Pat Smear publicly announced that he would no longer be the guitarist for Foo Fighters.
- Lou Bega reached number one on the UK singles chart with his version of “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…).” The song became a major international hit and reached number one in 22 countries.
- American bassist and songwriter David Brown died at the age of 53 from liver and kidney failure. He was best known as Santana's lead bassist from 1966 to 1971. With Santana, he performed at Woodstock and the 1969 Altamont festival and played on the band's first three studio albums. He was later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Santana.
- System of a Down released their second studio album, Toxicity, regarded as a classic of the Armenian folk-metal genre. It sold more than three million copies, reached number one in North America and featured three of their best-known songs: “Chop Suey!,” “Toxicity” and “Aerials.”
- Kelly Clarkson defeated Justin Guarini to become the first winner of American Idol.
- Nearly 26 years after Elvis Presley's death, radio stations and other media began reporting that BMG/RCA had discovered a previously unheard song, “I'm a Roustabout.” The song had originally been commissioned and written by Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell for the 1964 film Roustabout but was not used. Winfield Scott found the original acetate recording in the basement of his home in New Jersey, and BMG/RCA subsequently added it to the album Elvis, 2nd to None.
- Electronic group The Prodigy scored their third consecutive UK number-one album with Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned.
- Simon Cowell's music competition show The X Factor premiered in the UK. It quickly became a talent factory that produced stars including Little Mix, Leona Lewis, Olly Murs and One Direction. The US version of The X Factor premiered in 2011, with Fifth Harmony its biggest success.
- Badfinger drummer Mike Gibbins died in his sleep at his home in Florida at the age of 56. Badfinger had the 1970 single “Come and Get It,” which reached number four in the UK and number seven in the US and was written by Paul McCartney. Gibbins had also been a member of The Iveys in the 1960s.
- Steve Irwin was remembered on this date through cultural tributes, including musical memorial dedications.
- The Bob Dylan biographical film I'm Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan premiered at the Venice Film Festival in Italy. Directed by Todd Haynes, the film features six actors portraying different aspects or periods of Dylan's life and music, including Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Christian Bale. Before its wider release later in 2007, the title was shortened to I'm Not There.
- The Police played the first UK concert of their reunion tour, performing for two nights at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.
- The first guitar Jimi Hendrix famously set on fire on stage sold for £280,000 at a rock memorabilia auction. It was a 1965 Fender Stratocaster that Hendrix set alight at the end of his 1967 concert at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, London. At the same London auction, the Beatles' first management contract, signed in 1962 by all four members and manager Brian Epstein, sold for £240,000. One source states that the guitar was sold by British auction house The Fame Bureau for approximately $575,000.
- Friends and family of Michael Jackson gathered to say a final farewell to the singer at his funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles. Among the approximately 200 invited guests were Elizabeth Taylor, Quincy Jones, Macaulay Culkin, Berry Gordy and Lisa Marie Presley. The singer's family arrived in a convoy of 31 vehicles, while Jackson's brothers Randy, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon served as pallbearers for his gold-plated casket. One source record lists the year as 2008, while another lists 2009.
- The-Dream and Christina Milian secretly married in Las Vegas; they separated three months later, although the breakup was not made public until July 2010.
- Eminem reached number one on the UK albums chart with his seventh studio album, Recovery.
- Taio Cruz's “Dynamite” was at number one on the UK singles chart on September 4. The song also topped the charts in six other countries and reached number two on the US Hot 100.
- Red Hot Chili Peppers reached number one with the album I'm With You.
- Imagine Dragons released their debut album Night Visions, which gained popularity through prominent rock songs such as “Radioactive” and “Demons.”
- One Direction won a legal dispute over the right to use their group name. An American punk band of the same name claimed that it had used the name first. One Direction US sought $1 million in damages from the British group and a share of licensing revenues.
- Live recordings by Rory Storm And The Hurricanes were discovered in the basement of Storm's sister's home. Although the tapes were reportedly in very poor condition, an edited debut and only album, Live at the Jive Hive March 1960, was being prepared. After listening to the recordings, Ringo Starr officially denied that he was the drummer on them.
- Seattle was in a celebratory mood as reigning Super Bowl champions the Seahawks played their first game of the season and local band Soundgarden performed during the pregame program.
- After a 90-minute hearing, a US federal judge granted Aretha Franklin an emergency injunction preventing the premiere of the film Amazing Grace that evening at the Telluride Film Festival. Franklin objected to the use of footage from her 1972 concert in Los Angeles in the film. After her death in 2018, her family arranged for the film's release, and Amazing Grace was released worldwide on April 5, 2019.
- Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones told the New York Daily News that rap music was for “people who can't hear” and criticized its musical construction. He said that, in his view, rap listeners only needed a drum beat and someone shouting over it. In the same interview, he also commented on Metallica and Black Sabbath.
- Cuban-Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist Rico Rodriguez died at the age of 80. He recorded with numerous musicians, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster and Lloyd “Matador” Daley. He was one of the earliest and most influential ska performers and had been performing and recording in Britain since the early 1960s, including with The Specials, Jools Holland and Paul Young.
- The Arcs released the album Yours, Dreamily.
- Travis Scott, already known for his mixtapes, released his debut album Rodeo, a psychedelic trap recording featuring guests including Kanye West, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Future and Swae Lee.
- Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May announced that an asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter had been named after Freddie Mercury in honor of what would have been his 70th birthday.
- Joe Jeffrey, leader of The Joe Jeffrey Group, which had the number-14 Billboard hit “My Pledge of Love” in August 1969, died of cancer at his home in Cleveland at the age of 80. His real name was Joseph Stafford Jr.
- After two pandemic-related postponements, Harry Styles finally began his Love On Tour in Las Vegas. The tour consisted of 169 shows, lasted nearly two years, sold five million tickets and grossed $617 million, more than One Direction earned throughout their entire career.
- Singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo returned to number one on the Billboard 200 for the third time with her debut studio album Sour. The album reached number one in 18 countries worldwide and won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album. It also featured three US Top Three singles, including the number-one hits “Drivers License” and “Deja Vu.”
- Diana Ross made a surprise appearance at a Beyoncé concert in Los Angeles to wish her a happy 42nd birthday. After singing her hit “Love Hangover,” Ross led the audience in singing “Happy Birthday.”
- Gary Wright, known for the songs “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” died at the age of 80 from Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia. He helped form Spooky Tooth and later played keyboards on George Harrison's album All Things Must Pass and on recordings by Ringo Starr. “Dream Weaver” reached number two in the US in 1976 and was inspired by the book Autobiography of a Yogi, which George Harrison had given him.
- Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell died at the age of 56 from liver failure.
- Oasis announced two additional concerts at Wembley Stadium in London due to “unprecedented demand” for tickets for their reunion tour. The band said all ticketing platforms had struggled to cope with the demand. In the same statement, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher and the other members publicly distanced the band from Ticketmaster's decision to use dynamic pricing during the sale. This led to an angry reaction from fans on social media.
- It was discovered that David Bowie had begun work on another project before his death. In his own notes, he described it as an “18th-century musical” titled The Spectator. Its existence was unknown until it was discovered locked away in his study. The materials were later donated to the V&A museum along with another part of Bowie's archive. Had it been completed, the musical would have fulfilled one of Bowie's lifelong ambitions.
- While performing as Ed Sheeran's opening act at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Macklemore gave a speech calling for the “liberation of Palestine.” This angered some promoters of upcoming concerts, who removed him from the tour. The move led some other Sheeran opening acts to leave as well, including Finneas, who said artists should not be silenced when speaking in support of oppressed people.