• 1598 ~ The first patent to print songbooks was issued on this day to Thomas Morley, a composer of madrigal songs.
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• 1913 ~ Vivian Fine
• 1927 ~ Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras, Mexican composer
• 1928 ~ Glen Gray’s orchestra recorded Under a Blanket of Blue, with Kenny Sargeant on vocals.
• 1930 ~ Tommy Collins (Leonard Sipes), Singer, songwriter
• 1938 ~ Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl Nelson), Singer, songwriter
• 1946 ~ Helen Shapiro, Singer, actress
• 1968 ~ The Beatles rode the nearly seven-minute-long Hey Jude to the top of the charts for a nine week-run starting this day. Talk about your microgroove recording! Copies of this Apple release were shipped by the dozen to radio stations because the platters wore out after just a few plays.
• 1984 ~ Saluting his 34 years in television, Bob "If There’s an Honor I’ll Be There" Hope showed outtakes of his years in television on (where else?) NBC. When he began in television’s infancy, back in 1950, Hope said he got into the new medium "...because the contract was so delicious, I couldn’t turn it down."
• 1991 ~ Miles Davis III passed away
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