Music Calendar...

In 1939 Kate Smith performs "God Bless America" for the first time on radio.

In 1957 "Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly & the Crickets and "Rock & Roll Music" by

Chuck Berry both enter the U.S. top 40 chart.

In 1958 Hank Ballard records the original version of "The Twist."

In 1963 The Beatles sign a 3-show contract to appear on the "Ed Sullivan

Show."

In 1965 The Animals and Dionne Warwick appear on TV's "Shindig."

In 1967 Van Morrison performs "Brown Eyed Girl" on "American Bandstand."

In 1967 "Itchycoo Park" by the Small Faces and "Different Drum" by the Stone

Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt both enter the U.S. top 40 chart.

In 1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on the cover of their "Two

Virgins" album.

In 1969 Jim Morrison is arrested and charged with "interfering with the

flight of an intercontinental aircraft, and public drunkenness."

In 1970 Bob Dylan's book, "Tarantula," is published.

In 1970 John Lennon and Yoko Ono both release albums entitled "The Plastic

Ono Band" on Apple Records.

In 1970 "I Think I Love You" by the Partridge Family is certified gold.

In 1972 Allman Brothers bassist Barry Oakley is killed in a motorcycle

accident in Macon, Georgia, that occurred 3 blocks from the site of

guitarist Duane Allman's fatal accident in October, 1971.

In 1972 "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio" by Joni Mitchell enters the U.S. top

40 chart.

In 1975 Billy Joel's album "Piano Man" is certified gold.

In 1977 Glen Campbell and Anne Murray perform on NBC-TV's "The Midnight

Special."

In 1978 The Grateful Dead perform on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live."

In 1978 "Ooh Baby Baby" by Linda Ronstadt, "Every 1's A Winner" by Hot

Chocolate and "Fire" by the Pointer Sisters all enter the U.S. top

40 chart.

In 1978 "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart

and stayed there for 3 weeks.

In 1981 "867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone is released. It won't chart until

the following January.

In 1981 Rod Stewart kicks off his first North American tour in three years

at Greensboro, NC.

In 1982 The Who appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

In 1987 Beastie Boys rapper Adam Horowitz is found guilty of hitting a

Liverpool girl with a beer can.

In 1989 Joe Cocker and Melissa Etheridge give free acoustic shows for newly

liberated East Germans at the just-toppled Berlin Wall.

In 1989 "Rhythm Nation" by Janet Jackson enters the U.S. top 40 chart.

In 1989 "When I See You Smile" by Bad English hits #1 on the U.S. top 40

chart and stayed there for 2 weeks.

In 1993 Dolly Parton launches her new line of cosmetics at her Dollywood

theme park in Tennessee.

In 1995 The Smashing Pumpkins' double CD "Mellon Collie and the Infinite

Sadness" debuts at #1 one on the Billboard's albums chart.

In 1997 Warner Brothers Records announces that Eddie Van Halen would not

need hip replacement surgery.

In 1997 The albums "Bridges To Babylon" by the Rolling Stones and "The Velvet

Rope" by Janet Jackson are both certified gold and platinum.

In 1998 Barry Manilow and a full orchestra perform tracks from his new album

"Manilow Sings Sinatra" at an one-night appearance at New York's

Supper Club.

In 1998 Garth Brooks' album "The Hits" goes platinum for the tenth time.

In 1999 Britney Spears is the big winner at the 1999 MTV Europe Music

Awards in Dublin with Best Female, Best Pop and Best Song.

In 1999 Barry White's album "Staying Power" is certified gold, while Shawn

Mullins' CD "Soul's Core" goes platinum.

In 2000 "The Beatles 2000" appears on the cover of TV Guide.