1958 – The Coasters recorded “Charlie Brown.” 1960 – Aretha Franklin made her New York debut at the Village Vanguard. 1964 – Sam Cooke was shot to death at a the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles, CA. 1965 – Velvet Underground made its performance debut at a high school dance in Summit, NJ. 1967 – […]
1963 – Donny Osmond made his debut with the Osmonds on NBC’s “Andy Williams Show.” 1965 – The Grateful Dead played their first concert. The show took place at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. 1966 – The Rolling Stones released the album “Got Live If You Want It” in the U.S. 1967 – […]
1963 – The Beatles appeared on the British TV show “Juke Box Jury.” 1966 – Nancy Sinatra appeared on “Frank Sinatra: A Man & His Music Part II” on CBS-TV. 1984 – Michael Jackson testified in Chicago, IL, that he wrote the song “The Girl is Mine,” not an Illinois man. Jackson won the case. […]
1968 – James Taylor’s self-titled album was released in Britain. 1968 – Elvis Presley received one of 66,000 letters that U.S. President Nixon sent out to potential administrative office holders. 1969 – The Rolling Stones released the album “Beggar’s Banquet.” 1970 – “Gimme Shelter” opened in the U.S. It is a documentary film about the […]
1956 – Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash recorded together (the Million Dollar Quartet). The session would not be released for 25 years. 1961 – Gene Chandler’s “Duke of Earl” was released. 1971 – The Montreaux Casino was destroyed by fire during a show by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of […]
1967 – The Supremes were guest on “Tennessee” Ernie Ford’s TV special. 1968 – Elvis Presley’s NBC-TV special “Elvis” was aired. 1969 – John Lennon was asked to play the title role in “Jesus Christ, Superstar.” The offer was revoked the next day. 1973 – Ringo Starr released the song “You’re Sixteen.” It was his […]
1969 – Simon & Garfunkel’s first TV special, “Songs of America,” aired. 1969 – The Save Rave ’69 benefit concert, to aid the youth culture magazine Rave, took place in London. 1970 – George Harrison released his triple album “All Things Must Pass” in the U.K. 1982 – Metallica played their final concert with Ron […]
1957 – The Crickets’ LP “The ‘Chirping’ Crickets” was released by Brunswick Records. 1967 – Capitol Records released the Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour” album in the U.S. 1970 – George Harrison released his triple album “All Things Must Pass” in the U.S. 1997 – Bjork was admitted to the hospital in Reykjavik, Iceland, with a […]
1962 – The Beatles recorded “Please Please Me.” 1968 – Cream gave its last concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 1969 – The Band received a gold record for the album “The Band.” 1976 – The Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the U.K.” was released. 1980 – The film “Rockshow” premiered in New York […]
1934 – The Cole Porter musical “Anything Goes” opened. 1963 – The Elvis Presley film “Fun in Acapulco” premiered. 1960 – George Harrison was deported from Germany for being too young to perform there with the Beatles. 1961 – Bob Dylan began recording his first album. The self-titled album was released in March of 1962. […]