Music Calendar...
In 1892 John Philip Sousa conducts his first public performance at the Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, NJ. In 1937 Blues singer Bessie Smith is killed in an auto accident. In 1956 Elvis Presley Day is declared in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1957 The musical "West Side Story" opens on Broadway. In 1960 "Georgia On My Mind" by Ray Charles enters the U.S. top 40 chart. In 1961 Bob Dylan starts a 2-week stay as the opening act for the Greenbriar Boys at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village, NY. In 1964 "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks enters the U.S. top 40 chart. In 1964 "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and stayed there for 3 weeks. In 1968 The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones is fined 50 pounds for marijuana possession. In 1968 "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream is certified gold. In 1969 San Francisco's Fillmore West opens. In 1969 The Beatles release "Abbey Road," the last album they rec