1960 – Dick Clark testified before a congressional committee investigating payola. He admitted that he had a financial interest in 27 percent of the records he played on his show in a period of 28 months.
1963 – The Beatles and the Rolling Stones met for the first time at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, England. The Rolling Stones opened show.
1969 – Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band played at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
1969 – Simon & Garfunkel’s single “The Boxer” was released.
1970 – Elton John made his solo concert debut when he opened for T. Rex in London.
1977 – “Annie” opened on Broadway.
1977 – Natalie Cole and John Denver were guests on Frank Sinatra’s ABC-TV special “Sinatra & Friends”.
1995 – MTV Asia re-launched its Mandarin-language channel.
1999 – Brooks & Dunn debuted their video “South of Santa Fe” while country.com simultaneously streamed the video. It was the first time that a country video debuted simultaneously on TV and the Internet.
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