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1974 ABBA become European stars overnight when their composition "Waterloo" wins the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
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1974 Billy Joel scores his first Top 40 hit with "Piano Man," which comes in at #33 (it peaks at #25 two weeks later).
1992 Annie Lennox releases her first solo album, Diva, with the hits "Why" and "Walking On Broken Glass."
2016 On his 79th birthday, Merle Haggard dies at his ranch in Northern California. Haggard placed 71 songs in the Top 10 of the Country chart during his lifetime.
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