International advocacy organization Global Citizen today announced that Queen + Adam Lambert, Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, OneRepublic, H.E.R., and Carole King will headline the 2019 Global Citizen Festival, the free-ticketed event on the Great Lawn in Central Park in New York City on Saturday, September 28, 2019, presented by Citi and Cisco. For the sixth […]
1969 – A Moscow police chief reported that thousands of Moscow telephone booths had been made inoperable by thieves who had stolen phone parts in order to convert their acoustic guitars to electric. 1976 – Blue Öyster Cult’s song “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” was released 1979 – James Taylor played a free concert in New […]
1942 – Frank Sinatra recorded the last of 90 recordings with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. 1954 – Elvis Presley made his professional debut in Memphis. It was his first concert to be advertised. 1956 – Brenda Lee recorded her first single “Jambalaya.” She recorded five other songs that same day. 6-500.” 1968 – The Beatles’ […]
1942 – Judy Garland and Gene Kelly to record “For Me and My Gal.” 1963 – “Mickey’s Monkey” was released by The Miracles. 1968 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney completed the song “Hey Jude.” 1969 – Elvis Presley opened his first live engagement in almost eight years. 1979 – The Clash released their first […]
1976 – Hall & Oates’ “She’s Gone” was re-released. It was originally released on February 9, 1974. 1978 – The movie “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” starring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees, opened in New York City, NY. 1979 – Little Richard, billed as the Reverend Richard Penniman, spoke to a revival meeting […]
1950 – “The Gene Autry Show” premiered on CBS-TV. 1977 – Foreigner’s “Cold As Ice” was released. 1977 – In Oakland, CA, Judas Priest opened for Led Zeppelin for the first time. 1980 – Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) died of injuries that he sustained in a car accident in Marin County, CA. 1990 – Production […]
1963 – The Beach Boys released the single “Surfer Girl.” 1967 – Vanilla Fudge made its concert debut in New York. 1969 – Aretha Franklin was arrested for disorderly conduct after creating a disturbance in a Detroit parking lot. 1972 – The variety show, “The Bobby Darin Amusement Company” premiered on CBS. 1977 – Elvis […]
1949 – Harry Belafonte began recording his first sessions for Capitol Records. They included the songs “They Didn’t Believe Me” and “Close Your Eyes.” 1954 – Elvis Presley’s first single was released by Sun Records. It was “That’s All Right” b/w “Blue Moon of Kentucky.” 1966 – Frank Sinatra, at the age of 50, married […]
1960 – Elvis Presley was promoted to Sergeant in the U.S. Army. 1967 – The first Human Be-in took place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 1970 – A display of John Lennon’s erotic “Bag One” lithographs opened in London. 2 days later Scotland Yard seized prints as evidence of pornography. 1970 – Diana Ross […]
1942 – Glenn Miller and his band recorded “Jukebox Saturday Night.” 1952 – Patti Page made her TV debut in a summer replacement series for Perry Como. 1973 – Ray Davies announced that he was leaving The Kinks. He returned to the group within the week. 1978 – Bob Dylan performed before the largest open-air […]