1958 - Prince
Prince Rogers Nelson, the American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor. He produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career including the 1984 US No.1 UK No.4 single When Doves Cry. His releases have sold over 80 million copies worldwide. He won seven Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award. Prince died on April 21, 2016, aged 57 after being found unresponsive, in an elevator at Paisley Park his Minnesota home.

1969 - The Who
The Whos fourth album, Tommy album entered the UK chart, peaking at No.2. One of two full-scale rock operas from The WHo (the other being the 1973 Quadrophenia). The double album tells a loose story about a deaf, dumb and blind boy who becomes the leader of a messianic movement, Tommy was the first musical work to be billed overtly as a rock opera.

1975 - Elton John
Elton Johns ninth studio album Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboys, went to No.1 on the US album chart, the first album ever to enter the US chart at No.1. (where it stayed for seven weeks). Captain Fantastic is a concept album that gives an autobiographical glimpse at the struggles John (Captain Fantastic) and Taupin (the Brown Dirt Cowboy) had in the early years of their musical careers in London.

1987 - David Bowie
David Bowie played a concert in West Berlin in front of the Reichstag with the speakers pointing towards the nearby Berlin Wall where thousands of young East Berliners stood and listened.