In 1957 | "That'll Be The Day" by Buddy Holly and "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers both enter the U.S. top 40 chart. |
In 1960 | Pete Best is recruited by the Beatles to replace temporary drummer Tommy Moore. |
In 1966 | In Chicago, kicking off their last U.S. tour, John Lennon publicly apologizes for his "more popular than Jesus" remarks. |
In 1967 | Fleetwood Mac play their first gig at the London National Jazz and Blues Festival in Windsor. |
In 1967 | "The Letter" by the Box Tops and "Reflections" by the Supremes both enter the U.S. top 40 chart. |
In 1969 | Blind Faith make their U.S. debut at Madison Square Garden. |
In 1970 | Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie and others appear at a Woody Guthrie memorial concert held at the Hollywood Bowl. |
In 1970 | Bette Midler appears on "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson." |
In 1970 | At Harvard University, Janis Joplin gives her final concert before her death the following October. |
In 1970 | The Carpenters' single "Close To You" is certified gold. |
In 1972 | The Festival of Hope featuring Jefferson Airplane, Stephen Stills, James Brown and others is the first rock festival to raise funds for an established charity. |
In 1972 | Jim Croce performs "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" on ABC-TV's "American Bandstand." |
In 1972 | "Black & White" by Three Dog Night and "Honky Cat" by Elton John both enter the U.S. top 40 chart. |
In 1976 | Bob Marley appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. |
In 1978 | "Three Times A Lady" by Commodores hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and stayed there for 2 weeks. |
In 1980 | "Little Jeannie" by Elton John is certified gold. |
In 1984 | Lionel Richie performs "All Night Long" at the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. |
In 1985 | Madonna and actor Sean Penn get a marriage license. They marry in Malibu, CA, four days later. |
In 1988 | Phil Collins' single "A Groovy Kind Of Love" is released. |
In 1989 | The Rolling Stones launch their "Steel Wheels" tour with an unannounced club gig at New Haven, CT's Toad Place. |
In 1989 | The Moscow Peace Festival, the first U.S.-Soviet sponsored concert, takes place with Bon Jovi, Motley Crue and Cinderella. |
In 1989 | "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and stayed there for 3 weeks. |
In 1992 | The Grateful Dead cancel 5 shows in Oregon and California so Jerry Garcia could recover from exhaustion. |
In 1992 | The RIAA gives Elvis Presley's estate 110 gold and platinum records, labeling the King the "all-time most-certified artist." |
In 1992 | Avante-garde composer John Cage dies at age 79. |
In 1993 | The Red Hot Chili Peppers name Jessie Tobias to replace guitarist Arik Marshall. |
In 1993 | A Los Angeles jury decides singer Yvette Marine was not entitled to credit on Paula Abdul's 1988 album "Forever Your Girl." |
In 1994 | Woodstock '94 draws 350,000 to Saugerties, New York. About 350,000 attended the show featuring Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Aerosmith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. |
In 1994 | "I Swear" by John Michael Montgomery is certified gold. |
In 1995 | Grateful Dead fans gather at the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for a mass wake and to share their memories of Jerry Garcia who had dies 3 days earlier (8-9). |
In 1997 | MTV debuts the Fleetwood Mac reunion concert, taken from two performances a few months earlier on a Warner Bros. soundstage. |
In 1997 | Trisha Yearwood is joined onstage in Lynden, WA, by her occasional duet partner & friend Garth Brooks. They sing "In Another's Eyes." |
In 1997 | S.W.V.'s album "Release Some Tension" is released. |
In 1997 | Robyn's single "Do You Know What It Takes" goes gold. |
In 1999 | Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss of Kiss receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
In 1999 | Bruce Springsteen's 15-show stand at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ, ends, grossing about $19 million. |
In 1999 | Diana Krall's album "Love Scenes" is certified gold. |
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