Music Calendar...
Music Calendar...
In 1943 "Pistol Packin' Mama" by Al Dexter is #1 on the charts.
In 1954 "Mr. Sandman" by Chordettes enters the U.S. top 40 chart.
In 1961 The Crystals' single "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby" is released.
In 1964 "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison is certified gold.
In 1965 "I Hear a Symphony" by the Supremes and "I'm A Man" by the
Yardbirds both enter the U.S. top 40 chart.
In 1968 Johnny Cash's "Live At Folsom Prison" is certified gold.
In 1970 Jim Morrison is sentenced to 6 months in jail and fined $500 for
for exposing himself to a Miami crowd.
In 1971 "Brand New Key" by Melanie, "Got To Be There" by Michael Jackson and
"Rock Steady" by Aretha Franklin all enter the U.S. top 40 chart.
In 1971 John Lennon's "Imagine" LP becomes the first to top the album charts
in the both U.S. and Britain at the same time.
In 1972 Ray Charles appears on TV's "Bill Cosby Show."
In 1972 Elton John appears at a command performance benefit for the Queen of
England, making him the first rock act be asked to appear in a royal
variety show since the Beatles in 1963.
In 1973 John Lennon's album "Mind Games" is released, as is the title track
as a single.
In 1978 NBC airs "Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park," a TV movie starring
the members of Kiss.
In 1980 The Cars appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
In 1981 The Rolling Stones' album "Tattoo You" is certified gold and
platinum.
In 1982 "Africa" by Toto enters the U.S. top 40 chart.
In 1982 "Who Can It Be Now?" by Men At Work is #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart.
In 1984 Linda Ronstadt makes her opera debut in "Lo Boheme" in New York.
In 1984 Dan Ackroyd and the late John Belushi, aka "The Blues Brothers," hit
the 2 million dollar sales mark with their album, "Briefcase Full of
Blues."
In 1984 Barry Manilow opens at Radio City Music Hall in New York and sets a
box office record of $1.9 million.
In 1989 A federal jury awards Bette Midler $400,000 from an ad agency for
using a soundalike singer in a car commercial.
In 1990 Police arrest Axl Rose for allegedly clubbing his next-door neighbor
on the head with an empty wine bottle.
In 1991 Paul McCartney's first Classical music piece, "The Liverpool
Oratorio," is performed on PBS by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
In 1995 David Bowie, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Jefferson Airplane, Pink
Floyd, the Shirelles and Velvet Underground are inducted into the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
In 1996 Celine Dion's album "Colour Of My Love" goes quadruple platinum.
In 1997 The U.S. Senate passes the music industry's "La Cienega" bill,
closing a loophole in the 1909 Copyright Act that put into peril
most pre-1978 music copyrights.
In 1997 R.E.M. announces drummer Bill Berry would leave the group after 10
albums and 17 years.
In 1997 Led Zeppelin's album "BBC Sessions" is released.
In 1997 The Wallflowers' album "Bringing Down The Horse" is certified
quadruple platinum.
In 1998 Chaka Khan signs copies of her new album "Come 2 My House" at Tower
Records in New York's Greenwich Village.
In 1998 Celine Dion's CD "These Are Special Times" is released.
In 1998 Britney Spears' album and single "...Baby One More Time" are both
released.
In 2001 Barbra Streisand releases "Christmas Memories," her first holiday
album in 34 years.
In 2002 Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) is shot dead in the
Jamaica section of Queens, NY.
In 2004 Shanna Moakler marries Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker.
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