2002 Stephen Ambrose, historian/writer, Band of Brothers, dies at 66
2000 "Gordon ""Tex"" Beneke", band leader/saxophonist, led the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death, dies at 86
1998 Alice Faye, actress/singer, Alexander's Ragtime Band, dies at 83
1997 Hastings Kamuzu Band, PM/President of Malawi (1964-66/66-94), dies
1996 Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader, dies at 85
1996 David Band, banker, dies at 53
1995 Peter Grant, rock band manager, dies at 60
1995 Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80
1995 Tony Secunda, rock band manager, dies at 54
1995 Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show"
1994 Cab[ell] Calloway, U.S. band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86
1994 Anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66
1994 Virginia "Ginny" Simms, actress and singer (Kay Kyser Band), dies at 77
1994 Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at 100
1994 Randy Shilts, U.S. journalist (& the band played on), dies of AIDs at 41
1993 Kenneth Nelson, US/English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63
1993 Troy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45
1993 Toy Caldwell, guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45
1992 Keith Prentice, U.S. actor (Boys in the Band), dies
1992 Keith Prentice, U.S. actor (Boys in the Band), dies of cancer at 52
1992 Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65
1992 Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79
1991 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash
1991 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash
1986 Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday
1986 Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40
1982 "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart
1981 Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65
1980 "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38
1980 Timmy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
1980 Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
1979 "Lonesome Loser" by Little River Band peaks at #6
1979 Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
1978 "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premieres in New York City
1977 Ronnie Van Zant, singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band), killed in plane crash
1977 Stevie Gaines, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band), killed in plane crash
1977 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band," by Meco hits #1
1977 James Brown's band walks out claiming they were underpaid and overworked
1977 "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93
1977 "I'm Your Boogie Man" by Kansas City and Sunshine Band peaks at #1
1977 19th Grammy Awards: This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band
1976 The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom
1976 Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain
1976 Busby Berkeley, U.S. choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80
1976 Angela Baddeley, actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71
1974 Robbie Mcintosh, drummer (Average White Band), overdoses at 24
1974 Actress Faye Dunaway weds Peter Wolf of J Geils Band
1974 Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK
1974 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run"
1974 "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
1973 Wings release "Band on the Run"
1973 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album
1973 "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
1972 Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs
1971 CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts
1970 Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold"
1969 Plastic Ono Band, play their only concert at London's Lyceum Ballroom
1969 Plastic Ono Band's "Cold Turkey" is released in UK
1969 Plastic Ono Band's (John, Yoko and Eric Clapton) 1st live performance
1969 "Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band is released in U.K.
1969 Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins Rolling Stones
1969 The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert
1968 Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band," premieres in New York City
1968 Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" wins Grammy
1967 Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks
1967 Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in U.S. and goes gold
1967 Dave Matthews, singer/musician, Dave Matthews Band
1963 John Cameron Mitchell, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Misplaced, Band of the Hand
1961 Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club
1960 Steve Vai, guitarist, Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth Band, Whitesnake
1959 "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer and Spencer hits #91
1959 Rusty Golden, rocker, Boys Band
1958 B James Lowry, rocker, Boys Band
1956 Dan Powers, rock guitarist, Michael Stanley Band
1955 Neil Giraldo, rocker, Pat Benatar Band
1955 Michael Gismondi, rock saxophonist, Michael Stanley Band
1954 George McArdle, rock bassist (Little River Band Melbourne
1953 Peter Bergman, actor, All My Children, Starland Vocal Band
1952 Tommy Dobeck, rock drummer, Michael Stanley Band
1952 Larken Collins, rocker, Rossington-Collins Band
1952 Dale Krantz, singer, Crossings-Collis Band
1952 Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Michael Stanley Band
1951 Gary Rossington, rocker, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band
1951 Nils Lofgren, Chicago, guitarist, singer and songwriter, East Street Band
1951 Max Weinberg, rock drummer, E Street Band, Conan O'Brien Show
1951 Bob Pelander, rock keyboardist/vocalist, Michael Stanley Band
1950 Greg Gordon, rock vocalist, Boys Band
1950 Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer, Average White Band
1950 Richard Hughes, rocker, Johnny Winter Band
1950 Ted McKenna, rocker, Alex Harvey Band
1950 Danny Federici, rocker, E Street Band
1949 Hugh McKenna, rocker, Alex Harvey Band
1949 Garry W Tallent, rocker, E Street Band
1949 Hamish Stuart, Scotland, guitarist/singer, Average White Band
1949 Michael Rose, rocker, Average White Band
1949 "Fat" Larry James, U.S. drummer, Fat Larry's Band
1949 Roy Bittan, rocker, E Street Band
1949 Zal Cleminson, rocker, Alex Harvey Band
1949 Nigel Olsson, rock guitarist/drummer, Elton John Band
1949 Derek Holt, rocker, Climax Blues Band
1948 Beeb Birtles, [Gerard Birtlekamp], rock guitarist, Little River Band
1948 Byron Allred, Logan, Utah, rocker, Steve Miller Band
1948 Ty Grimes, rocker (Capt Beefheart Band Drums
1948 Michael Stanley, born in Cleveland, Ohio, rocker, Michael Stanley Band
1948 Randy Hobbs, rocker, Johnny Winter Band, McCoys
1948 Jimmy Fadden, born in Long Beach, California, singer, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1948 Jacques Kloes, singer, Dizzy Man's Band
1947 Gregg Allman, Nashville, guitarist and vocalist, Allman Brothers Band
1947 Bob Weir, born in San Francisco, California, guitarist, Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band
1947 Graham Goble, Adelaide, Australia, rock guitarist, Little River Band
1947 Dennis Cowan, London, rocker, Bonzo Dog Band
1947 Jimmy Ibbotson, Penn, country singer, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1946 Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist and singer, Average White Band
1946 Bill Danoff, Springfield Massachusetts, vocalist, Starland Vocal Band
1946 Dee Murray, rocker, Elton John Band
1945 John McEuen, rocker, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1945 Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Scotland, guitarist, Average White Band
1945 Freda Payne, born in Detroit, Michigan, vocalist, Band of Gold
1945 Malcolm "Mollie" Duncan, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band
1945 Rod Evans, rocker, Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band
1944 Glenn Miller, U.S. band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40
1944 Rodney Desborough Slater, rocker, Bonzo Dog Band
1944 Kathy "Taffy" Danoff, Washington D.C., vocalist, Starland Vocal Band
1944 Robbie Robertson, [Jamie], born in Toronto, Canada, rock guitarist, Band
1944 Glenn Shorrock, born in Sydney, Australia, rock vocalist, Little River Band
1944 Boz Scaggs, born in Dallas, Texas, rocker, Steve Miller Band
1944 Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band
1943 Robin Williamson, rocker, Incredible String Band
1943 Roger Ruskin Spear, born in London, England, saxophonist, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
1942 David Band, banker
1942 Garth Hudson, rock keyboardist, The Band
1942 Jerry Garcia, SF, rocker, Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band
1942 Levon Helm, drummer/singer, Band
1942 Hughie Flint, born in London, England, rock drummer, Bonzo Dog Band
1942 John London, bassist, Michael Nesmith band
1942 Clarence Clemons, rock saxophonist, Bruce Springsteen's E St. Band
1941 Willy Lewis' U.S. jazz band performs in Switzerland
1941 Robert Hicks, rocker, Paul Butterfield Blues Band
1940 "Strike Up Band," opens
1940 Tony Secunda, rock band manager
1939 Colin Cooper, rocker, Climax Blues Band
1938 Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing
1936 Cliff Gorman, Jamacia, New York, actor, Boys in the Band, Angel
1936 Mart Crowley, playwright, Boys in the Band
1935 Peter Grant, rock band manager
1934 Dick Heckstall-Smith, rocker, Alexis Korner Band
1929 Arthur S. Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer and band leader, Taylor's Wailers
1924 Margaret Whiting, big band singer
1923 Milt Okun, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Starland Vocal Band Show
1923 Clifton Williams, born in Traskwood, Arkansas, band master, Sinfonians
1920 Alice Childress, U.S. playwright/actress, Wedding Band
1919 Anita O'Day, Chicago, big band jazz singer, Gene Krupa, Stan Kanton
1919 Art Blakey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, drummer, Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers
1917 Bill Finegan, born in Newark, New Jersey, Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue
1917 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ
1916 Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville, New York, singer, Jimmy Dorsey Band
1916 Virginia Ginny Simms, actress and singer, Kay Kyser Band
1916 Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12
1914 Eddie Sauter, Brooklyn, musician, Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue
1913 Tyrone Power, Cleveland, actor, Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band
1912 Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on
1910 Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader
1908 Paul Lavalle, born in Beacon, New York, bandleader, Cities Service Band of America
1905 Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, U.S. trombonist/actor, Meet Band Leaders
1902 William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader
1897 Sidney Bechet, U.S., jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader
1893 Louis Freeman, band leader
1892 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band (NJ)
1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band"
1880 John Philip Sousa becomes new director of U.S. Marine Corps Band
1869 Tyrone Power Sr, born in London, England, actor, Alexanders Ragtime Band
1845 Rubber band patents
1845 Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London
1727 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Ital's opera composer/band leader, Farnace
1705 Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/band master
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