1963 – “Best Foot Forward” with Liza Minnelli opened in New York City. 1964 – The Beach Boys recorded “I Get Around.” 1965 – Freddie & the Dreamers recorded “Do The Freddie.” 1965 – The Beach Boys appeared on ABC-TV’s “Shindig!” and performed “Do You Wanna Dance?” 1978 – KISS released the album “Double Platinum.” […]
1961 – Troy Shondell recorded “This Time.” 1963 – Fats Domino signed with ABC-Paramount after his Imperial contract ended. 1964 – John Lennon was reunited with his father after 17 years. 1966 – The first single under just the name David Bowie was released for the song “Do Anything You Say.” The song was performed […]
1951 – “The King and I” opened on Broadway. 1962 – Gene Chandler received a gold record for “Duke of Earl.” 1966 – The Rolling Stones played a concert at L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France. About 85 people were arrested for rioting after the show. 1973 – Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show appeared on […]
1958 – Eddie Cochran recorded “Summertime Blues.” 1964 – Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London announced the Beatles would be cast in wax. 1966 – Gary Lewis recorded “Green Grass.” 1967 – Van Morrison recorded “Brown Eyed Girl.” 1969 – Joe Cocker played his first American concert. 1970 – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s “Woodstock” […]
1927 – Composer Mstislav Leopold Rostropovich was born. 1945 – Ella Fitzgerald and the Delta Rhythm Boys recorded “It’s Only a Paper Moon.” 1950 – Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner became one of the first jazz instrumentalists to give a solo concert. In 1954, he wrote the song “Misty.” 1951 – Frank Sinatra recorded “I’m a […]
1957 – Ricky Nelson recorded his first songs. 1964 – “Funny Girl” opened on Broadway starring Barbra Streisand. 1964 – Pete Best (Beatles) appeared live on the TV show “I’ve Got a Secret.” 1965 – It was announced that Jeff Beck would take Eric Clapton’s place in the Yardbirds. 1969 – John Lennon and Yoko […]
1960 – Roy Orbison recorded “Only the Lonely.” 1961 – Elvis Presley performed his last live show for the next eight years in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The show raised $62,000 for the U.S.S. Arizona memorial fund. 1963 – The Beach Boys released the album “Surfin’ U.S.A.” 1967 – The Who made its U.S. concert debut […]
1956 – Sammy Davis, Jr. starred in the play, “Mr. Wonderful,” in New York City. 1956 – Carl Perkins was injured in a car accident on his way to perform on the “Perry Como Show.” 1958 – Hank Williams Jr. made his stage debut in Swainsboro, GA, at the age of eight. 1962 – Barbra […]
1952 – The Moondog Coronation Ball, the first “rock ‘n’ roll” stage show, was held at the Cleveland Arena. 1963 – Elliott Gould and Barbra Streisand were married. 1964 – A Judy Collins show at New York City’s Town Hall was recorded. It was released as “The Judy Collins Concert”. 1970 – Faces, with new […]
1959 – Bobby Rydell made his first TV appearance, on “American Bandstand.” 1960 – Elvis Presley made his first post-Army recording. Today in Elvis History 1961 – Ricky Nelson recorded “Hello Mary Lou.” 1963 – Jan & Dean recorded “Surf City.” 1965 – The first Motown tour of the U.K. began. 1968 – Eric Clapton, […]