1956 – Record stores were swamped with requests for Elvis’ “Love Me Tender” which had not been released yet.
1964 – Rod Stewart recorded his first single “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl.”
1966 – The Rolling Stones appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
1966 – “The Last Train to Clarksville” was released by the Monkees.
1973 – BBC Radio banned the song “Star Star” by the Rolling Stones.
1974 – The original New York Dolls split up.
1975 – “Alive!” was released by KISS. The album contained live performances from KISS’ first three albums.
1979 – Patti Smith announced that she was performing her last show in front of 85,000 people in Florence, Italy. She returned to performing a decade later.
1979 – The Who made their first U.S. concert appearance without Keith Moon. Kenny Jones replaced him on drums.
1980 – “She’s So Cold” by the Rolling Stones was released.
1980 – The song “Uptown” was released by Prince.
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