1999 The Rolling Stones launch the European leg of their Bridges to Babylon tour, performing in front of 80,000 enthusiastic fans in an open-air concert in Stuttgart, Germany.
1997 Jeff Buckley drowns while swimming with a friend off Mud Island in Memphis.
1997 Sharitha Knight, wife of Death Row Records owner Marion “Suge” Knight, files suit against Calvin Broadus (a.k.a. Snoop Doggy Dogg). The suit alleges failure to pay Knight 20% managerial fees due her for service between Aug. 3, 1993 and Aug. 3, 1996.
1996 Jazz pianist James George “Jimmy” Rowles dies at the age of 78.
1995 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman,” Bryan Adams.
1979 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Hot Stuff,” Donna Summer.
1965 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Help Me, Rhonda,” The Beach Boys.
1962 Henry Mancini’s “Moon River” wins a Grammy for Record of the Year, and Judy Garland’s “Judy at Carnegie Hall” wins a Grammy for Album of the Year.
1961 Singer, songwriter and guitarist Melissa Etheridge is born in Leavenworth, Kan.
1945 Gary Brooker, leader of Procul Harum, is born in Essex, England. The group’s biggest hit is “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” a No. 5 song in 1967. The group’s name means “beyond these things” in Latin.