2019 - Andy Anderson
English drummer Andy Anderson died of cancer aged 68. He is best known for his work with The Cure playing on the singles ‘Love Cats’ and ‘The Caterpillar’. He also worked with many other artists including Steve Hillage, Edwyn Collins, Mike Oldfield, The Gun Club and Peter Gabriel.

2011 - Queen
It was announced that Queens We Will Rock You was still the most-played song at US sporting events, according to a new survey from BMI, the royalty-distribution service. According to its data, based off of MLB, NFL and NHL games in 2009-2010, We Will Rock You was the No.1 song overall, as well as for the NFL specifically.

1969 - Peter Sarstedt
Peter Sarstedt started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Where Do You Go To My Lovely? Some say the song was written about the Italian star Sophia Loren, but Peter Sarstedt has stated he wrote the song about a girl he fell madly in love with in Vienna in 1965, who later died in a hotel fire.

1966 - Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra went to No.1 on the US singles chart with These Boots Are Made For Walkin’’. The song which was written by Lee Hazlewood intended to record the song himself, but Sinatra talked him out of it, saying that

1955 - Billboard
Billboard reported that for the first time since their introduction in 1949, 45rpm singles were outselling the old standard 78s.