Category: Oldies

1971 – B.B. King marked his 25th anniversary in music by opening a European tour in London. 1982 – Led Zeppelin’s album “Coda” was released. 1990 – Milli Vanilli was stripped of their Grammy Award because other singers had lent their voices to the “Girl You Know It’s True” album. 1992 – The musical revival […]

1967 – Davy Jones (Monkees) opened a boutique, Zilch I, in Greenwich Village, NY. 1970 – An Elton John show in New York City was recorded from a live radio broadcast. It was later released as his “11-17-70” album. 1974 – ABBA began their first tour of Europe. It was also their first tour outside […]

1956 – Elvis Presley made his acting debut in the premiere of the “Love Me Tender” movie. 1965 – The Rolling Stones made their debut on NBC-TV’s “Hullabaloo” television show. The band performed “Get Off My Cloud.” 1969 – Janis Joplin was arrested in Tampa, FL on charges of using “vulgar and indecent language” at […]

1961 – The Elvis Presley film “Blue Hawaii” premiered. 1962 – Bob Dylan recorded the song “Mixed-Up Confusion”. It was released as a single on December 14, 1962. 1970 – Santana’s “Black Magic Woman” was released. 1990 – The Who’s Pete Townshend confessed his bisexuality to Newsweek. 1992 – John Cascella, keyboardist of John Mellencamp’s […]

1965 – “Fever” by the McCoys’ was released. 1968 – The Beatles’ animated movie “Yellow Submarine” premiered in the U.S. 1971 – Three Dog Night’s “Old Fashioned Love Song” was released. 1973 – Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr. was killed in a highway accident near Hernando, MS 1985 – At New York’s Whitney Museum, an exhibition […]

1976 – Queen’s single “Somebody To Love” was released in the U.K. 1979 – Marty Balin’s (Jefferson Starship) rock opera “Rock Justice” opened a four-day run at San Francisco’s Old Waldorf night club. 1984 – Madonna released the album “Like A Virgin” in the U.S. 1987 – Sly Stone was arrested for nonpayment of child […]

1961 – Brian Epstein saw the Beatles play at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. 1962 – Motown Records released “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me,” by the Miracles. 1963 – “Louie, Louie” was released by the Kingsmen. 1967 – The first issue of Rolling Stone was published in San Francisco. John Lennon was on […]

1967 – John Lennon’s “How I Won the War” opened in the U.S. It was the first solo movie by a Beatle. 1968 – Cynthia Powell Lennon was granted a divorce from John Lennon. The two had been married for six years. 1971 – Led Zeppelin’s album “Led Zeppelin IV” was released. The album included […]