1956 – Maria Callas made her Metropolitan Opera debut in “Norma.”
1957 – Bobby Helms recored “Jingle Bell Rock.”
1970 – Neil Diamond received a gold record for “Cracklin’ Rosie.”
1971 – Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, GA.
1975 – Joan Baez became a member of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue.
1990 – The Byrds, LaVern Baker, John Lee Hooker, The Impressions, Wilson Pickett, Jimmy Reed and Ike & Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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