1954 – “The Pajama Game” made its debut on Broadway in New York City at the St. James Theatre. 1955 – Elvis Presley’s performance at Jacksonville, FL, became the first Presley show at which a riot ensued. 1958 – Jerry Lee Lewis was granted a divorce from his second wife six months after marrying his […]
Liquid Avatar Technologies Inc., ImagineAR Inc., McCartney Multimedia Inc. and Oasis Digital Studios have announced a historical collaboration, revealing new, never-before-seen photos of Rock Legend, John Lennon, that have dropped for viewing as part of an exclusive group of 15 limited edition photographic and animated NFTs with AR enhancements, that recount the original inspiration of […]
1964 – Dusty Springfield made her U.S. television debut on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” 1968 – Jim Morrison (Doors) incited a riot during a Chicago concert. 1969 – The Turtles and the Temptations played the White House upon the request of Tricia Nixon. Mark Volman fell off the stage 5 times. 1974 – Eric Clapton […]
1965 – Barbara Streisand’s first TV special aired on CBS. It was titled “My Name is Barbara”. 1980 – Marshall Tucker Band bass player Tommy Caldwell died of injuries he got in a car accident in Spartanburg, SC. 1987 – On a plane that was returning to Boston from Miami Ozzy Osbourne bought three rounds […]
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 […]