1941 – “Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams” was recorded by Ben Bernie and his orchestra.
1958 – Buddy Holly and Maria Elena Santiago were married in a private ceremony at his parents home in Lubbock, TX.
1965 – The Beatles set a record for having the largest single crowd at a concert at Shea Stadium in New York. Attendance was 56,000.
1969 – The Woodstock Music and Art Fair began in Bethel, NY. The three-day concert featured 24 bands and drew over 400,000 people.
1979 – Led Zeppelin’s album “In Through the Out Door” was released. This was the last album released by the band prior to the death of John Bonham.
1975 – Peter Gabriel officially announced that he was leaving the group Genesis. Phil Collins would be the new lead singer after the group auditioned more than 400 potential musicians.
1987 – On the tenth anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley thousands of people marched past his grave in Memphis, TN.
1991 – Paul Simon played a free concert at New York’s Central Park in front of an estimated 750,000 people
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