October 17

Today in 2000, at a charity auction in London, George Michael paid 2.1 million dollars for John Lennon’s upright piano

Ziggy Marley was born on this date in 1968

 

Marshall Bruce Mathers III a.k.a Eminem is 48 today

 

David St. Hubbins (Spinal Tap) a.k.a. Michael McKean was born on this day in 1947 

 

Jim Seals (Seals & Croft) was born on this day in 1941

Wyclef Jean is 51 today

 

Jazz guitarist Barney Kessel was born on this day in 1923

 

Today in 1967, Hair, the world's first hippie rock musical, made its debut at the New York Shakespeare Festival