In 1956 | Elvis Presley's makes his film debut with the premiere of "Love Me Tender." |
In 1964 | The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones misses three days of their tour hospitalized with a 104-degree fever in Chicago. |
In 1964 | The TV special "Around The Beatles," filmed in London during the previous spring, airs in the U.S. on ABC. |
In 1965 | The Rolling Stones perform "Get Off Of My Cloud" on NBC-TV's "Hullabaloo." |
In 1965 | The Beach Boys' album "Surfin' USA" is certified gold. |
In 1968 | "Who's Making Love" by Johnnie Taylor is certified gold. |
In 1969 | Janis Joplin is arrested in Tampa for using "vulgar and indecent language" onstage. |
In 1969 | The Beatles early stomping ground, the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, closes its doors. |
In 1969 | The Beatles appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. |
In 1969 | "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5 and "Jam Up Jelly Tight" byTommy Roe both enter the U.S. top 40 chart. |
In 1971 | Ringo Starr's spaghetti western film "Blindman" debuts in Rome. |
In 1972 | Harry Chapin and his wife have their first son, Joshua Burke. |
In 1975 | "I Write The Songs" by Barry Manilow, "Evil Woman" by ELO and "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players all enter the U.S. top 40 chart. |
In 1973 | The Hollies begin recording "The Air That I Breathe" at the Abbey Road studios in London. |
In 1974 | Linda Ronstadt's album "Heart Like A Wheel" is released. |
In 1975 | Abba performs "Waterloo" and "SOS" on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." |
In 1975 | "Theme From S.W.A.T." by Rhythm Heritage enters the U.S. top 40 chart. |
In 1976 | Led Zeppelin's album "The Song Remains The Same" is certified platinum. |
In 1978 | Elton John's album "A Single Man" is certified platinum. |
In 1980 | "The Tide Is High" by Blondie enters the U.S. top 40 chart. |
In 1980 | "Lady" by Kenny Rogers hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and stayed there for 6 weeks. |
In 1986 | "Will You Still Love Me?" by Chicago enters the U.S. top 40 chart. |
In 1987 | Robert Cray takes home 6 National Blues Awards (Handys). |
In 1989 | Ringo Starr succeeds in blocking producer Chips Morman from releasing an album he recorded while addicted to alcohol. |
In 1990 | Milli Vanilli producer Frank Farian publicly admits that RobPilatus and Fabrice Morvan never sang a note on their debut hit. The duo eventually return their Best New Artist Grammy. |
In 1991 | Aerosmith's album "Pandora's Box" is released. |
In 1992 | Sting receives an honorary degree from Northumbria University inhis hometown of Newcastle, England. |
In 1992 | Eric Clapton's album "Unplugged" is certified double platinum. |
In 1994 | It's announced that the Allman Brothers Band, Al Green, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Martha and the Vandellas, Neil Young andFrank Zappa would be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the following January. |
In 1994 | "On Bended Knee" by Boyz II Men is released. |
In 1995 | M.C. Hammer plays a political benefit in Moscow for the Russian Prime Minister Chernomyrdin's Our Home Is Russia political party. |
In 1995 | Garth Brooks' album "Beyond The Season" goes triple platinum. |
In 1996 | Michael Jackson marries the woman carrying his baby -- his plastic surgeon's nurse, Debbie Rowe, in an Australian wedding ceremony. |
In 1996 | The Indigo Girls' album "Strange Fire" is certified gold. |
In 1997 | Ray Charles conducts his first-ever online chat at Rhino.com. |
In 1999 | Trisha Yearwood's album "Where Your Road Leads" goes platinum and Led Zeppelin's album "The Complete Studio Recordings" is certified double platinum. |
In 2000 | Michael Abram, the man who nearly a year earlier broke into the home of and stabbed George Harrison, is found not guilty by reason of insanity, and confined to a mental hospital indefinitely. |
In 2003 | Reba McEntire appears on the cover of TV Guide. |
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