1957 – Ricky Nelson’s first record, “Teenager’s Romance,” was released. 1959 – Llyod Price’s “Personality” was released. 1964 – John Lennon’s “In His Own Write”, a collection of funny poems and drawings, was published in the U.S. 1969 – Glen Campbell and Dionne Warwick were guests on Jose Feliciano’s TV special. 1973 – Opryland opened […]
1960 – Filming for the Elvis Presley movie “G.I. Blues” began. 1964 – The Beatles attended the 28th birthday party for Roy Orbison. 1966 – The New York Times reported Ray Charles would undergo tests to see whether or not he had abstained from narcotic drugs. 1967 – CBS-TV broadcasted “Inside Pop — The Rock […]
1953 – Leontyne Price sang Sauguet’s “La Voyante” at the Metropolitan Opera. 1965 – The Rolling Stones began their third North American tour with a show at the Forum in Montreal. 1971 – The Rolling Stones album “Sticky Fingers” was released. It was the band’s first release on the band’s newly-formed label, Rolling Stones Records. […]
1956 – ABC premiered the TV show “Rhythm on Parade.” 1956 – Buddy Holly released his first single, “Blue Days, Black Nights.” 1964 – The Rolling Stones’ debut album, “The Rolling Stones” was released in the U.K. 1965 – The Hollies opened their first tour of the U.S. at the Brooklyn Paramount theater in New […]
Eddie Cochran is an American rock n’ roll legend from late 1950s and early 1960s, a contemporary of Elvis Presley with a particularly strong following in the UK. His life was tragically cut short when, after performing at the Bristol Hippodrome, England, he died in a car accident near Chippenham, Wiltshire on the 17th April […]
1967 – The Rolling Stones performed their first concert behind the Iron Curtain at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland. 1969 – Diana Ross appeared solo on Dinah Shore’s NBC-TV special “Like Hep”. 1970 – Led Zeppelin became the first band to sell out the Montreal Forum. 1980 – The Broadway musical “Grease” closed […]
1957 – Buddy Knox became the first artist in the Rock and Roll era to write his own number one hit. “Party Doll” hit #1 on this US Singles Chart. 1966 – Barbra Streisand’s “Color Me Barbra” special aired on CBS-TV. 1967 – The cover of the Beatles’ “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was […]
1961 – Elvis Presley recorded “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” 1964 – John Lennon’s first book, “In His Own Write” was published. 1969 – Anita Bryant and the Letterman appeared at a “Rally For Decency” in Miami following Jim Morrison’s indecent exposure onstage there. 1973 – Yoko Ono was granted permission to live in the […]
1956 – Carl Perkins appeared on ABC-TV’s “Ozark Jubilee” and performed “Blue Suede Shoes.” It was his first television appearance. Elvis Presley performed the song the same night on CBS-TV’s “Stage Show.” 1958 – The Coasters recorded “Yakety Yak.” 1962 – Billboard reported that Ray Charles had started Tangerine, his own record label. 1967 – […]
1963 – “Puff The Magic Dragon” was released by Peter, Paul and Mary. 1964 – Capitol released the Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” backed with “You Can’t Do That.” 1969 – The musical “1776” opened on Broadway. 1974 – The new Opryland auditorium in Nashville was dedicated. 1979 – Twisted Sister became the first band […]