1955 – Elvis Presley made his first TV appearance on the “Louisiana Hayride” show.
1960 – Elvis Presley was honorably discharged from the Army.
1963 – Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in a plane crash near Nashville, TN.
1968 – Jerry Lee Lewis opened in the rock musical adaptation of “Othello” in Hollywood, CA.
1969 – The magazine “Creem” was published for the first time.
1969 – Dusty Springfield collapsed while taping a TV appearance.
1979 – MCA Records dissolved its recent acquisition, ABC Records.
1982 – Blues Brother John Belushi died of drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles at the age of 33.
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