1999 All American crooner Pat Boone forms the Gold Records label, which will only sign artists 45 years old and up. One of the first performers to be signed is two-time Grammy Award winner Jack Jones.
1999 A benefit concert for convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal is held at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J. The event, with attendance pegged at around 16,000, is organized by Rage Against The Machine. Featured performers include Rage, the Beastie Boys, Bad Religion, Chumbawamba, and Public Enemy frontman Chuck D.
1998 Tracey Lawrence is convicted of battery stemming from a quarrel in September with his wife, Stacie. Lawrence is sentenced to pay $500 to a Las Vegas shelter for battered women.
1998 Martina McBride makes an appearance in the “Nancy” comic strip on a concert T-shirt worn by Aunt Fritzi.
1996 Diana Ross performs as the featured halftime performer at Super Bowl XX in Tempe, Ariz.
1996 Recording expert and entrepreneur, John Mosley dies at the age of 82.
1991 At The American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Gloria Estefan makes her first live performance since injuring her back in a bus accident while on tour.
1985 More than 40 artists gather at A&M’s Hollywood studios to record “We Are the World” under the collective name “USA for Africa.” Proceeds from the single go toward worldwide hunger prevention.
1980 The original Ants split with Adam.
1975 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Laughter in the Rain,” Neil Sedaka.
1968 Sarah McLachlan is born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1966 Brian Poole and the Tremeloes announce their break-up.
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