1954 – Maestro Arturo Toscanini conducted his last concert with the NBC Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City ending a 17-year association with the orchestra.
1959 – Buddy Holly’s “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” hit #13. It was his first posthumous hit.
1960 – Elvis Presley recorded “Are You Lonesome Tonight.”
1964 – The Beatles made music history by holding the top five places in the singles charts with: “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Twist and Shout,” “She Loves You,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Please Please Me.”
1968 – James Brown made a national TV appeal for calm following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
1970 – Janis Joplin held a reunion concert with Big Brother & the Holding Company in San Francisco, CA.
1981 – The documentary film “This is Elvis” premiered at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, TX.
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