In 1929 | Leo Reisman and his Orchestra record "Happy Days Are Here Again." |
In 1954 | Gene Autry makes his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry. |
In 1955 | After promising to play "Sixteen Tons," Bo Diddley pulls a switch and plays "Bo Diddley" on the "Ed Sullivan Show." |
In 1955 | RCA buys Elvis Presley's contract from Sun Records for $40,000. |
In 1959 | Miles Davis and Gil Evans team in the studio to record theirclassic collaboration "Sketches of Spain." |
In 1961 | Bob Dylan begins his first recording session for his self-titled debut album. |
In 1963 | In Reading, England, 3000 copies of the new album "With TheBeatles" are stolen from a parked delivery van outside a record store. |
In 1964 | For the second time in less than 4 months, the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger is fined by an English court for various driving offenses. |
In 1965 | "The Sounds Of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel enters the U.S. top 40 chart. |
In 1965 | "I Hear A Symphony" by the Supremes hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and stayed there for 2 weeks. |
In 1969 | The Rolling Stones open a 4-night stand at New York's MadisonSquare Garden. The concerts yielded the "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" album. |
In 1971 | "Inner City Blues" becomes the third #1 R&B single from Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On" album. |
In 1971 | "Theme From Shaft" by Isaac Hayes hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and stayed there for 2 weeks. |
In 1972 | Neil Diamond's album "Hot August Night" is released. |
In 1973 | Who drummer Keith Moon collapses twice onstage while performing in San Francisco. Pete Townshend pulls a 19-year-old out of the audience to play the last three songs. |
In 1973 | Comedian/songwriter, Allan Sherman (Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh)dies of respiratory ailments at age 48. |
In 1975 | The Who kick off a month-long American tour in Houston. |
In 1975 | Ringo Starr's album "Blast From Your Past" is released. |
In 1976 | Paul Simon appears on "Saturday Night Live" in a turkey outfit. |
In 1976 | "Blinded By The Light" by Manfred Mann enters the U.S. top 40chart. |
In 1979 | "Don't Bring Me Down" by Electric Light Orchestra is certifiedgold. |
In 1981 | Ringo Starr's album "Stop & Smell The Roses" is released. |
In 1984 | Michael Jackson receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. |
In 1987 | Sheena Easton guests as Don Johnson's new lover on "Miami Vice." |
In 1987 | Prince's third movie "Sign O' The Times" opens. |
In 1991 | The Rolling Stones sign a $45 million deal with Virgin Records making them the highest paid rock group. |
In 1991 | Queen's Freddie Mercury is cremated during a private funeral in London. He'd died of AIDS three days earlier. |
In 1992 | Pink Floyd's album "Shine On" is released. |
In 1993 | Augusta, Georgia, dedicates "James Brown Boulevard." |
In 1994 | David Crosby undergoes a liver transplant operation at the UCLA Medical Center. (He makes a full recovery.) |
In 1995 | The Beatles' "Free As A Bird" video begins airing on MTV and VH-1. |
In 1995 | "Actual Miles - Don Henley's Greatest Hits" album is released. |
In 1995 | Eric Clapton's album "Cream Of Clapton" is certified gold. |
In 1996 | Prince gives an unannounced concert at a Chicago, IL, album release party for his triple-CD album set "Emancipation." |
In 1998 | Alanis Morisette does an in store performance for the opening of a Tower records store in Buenos Aires. Proceeds from the sale of her album that day were donated to a local children's hospital. |
In 1999 | Patty Loveless travels aboard a CSX Transportation train bearing gifts to families along a route from her hometown of Pikeville, Kentucky, to Kingsport, Tennessee. |
In 1999 | Celine Dion appears on the cover of TV Guide. |
In 2000 | Aretha Franklin, Snoop Dogg, and Brian McKnight are among the performers who take part in the third annual "Soul Train" Christmas Starfest in Santa Monica, CA. |
In 2001 | Deana Carter's first holiday album, "Father Christmas," is released on her own Deanatone Records. |
In 2003 | Producer Phil Spector is charged with murder in the shooting death of a woman at his home the previous February. |
In 2003 | Michael Jackson surrenders to police and was taken in handcuffs to the Santa Barbara County, CA, jail to face multiple counts of child molestation. |
In 2003 | George Harrison is among those to be inducted into the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Also in the class were Prince, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger, Traffic, ZZ Top and the Dells. |
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