This Day in Music History – January 20th

1958 – Elvis Presley got his orders to report to duty from the U.S. Army. He was allowed a 60-day deferment so he could finish the film “King Creole.”

1964 – The album “Meet the Beatles” was released in the U.S. on Capitol Records.

1965 – The Rolling Stones and the Kinks made their first appearance on ABC-TV’s “Shindig!”

1967 – Arthur Conley recorded “Sweet Soul Music.”

1969 – Elvis Presley recorded “In the Ghetto” and “Suspicious Minds.” It was the first time he had recorded in Memphis since 1956.

1973 – Jerry Lee Lewis made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry.

1974 – Stevie Wonder played his first show after an auto accident that almost took his life five months earlier.

1982 – Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off of a bat in Des Moines, IA, and was hospitalized to undertake a series of rabies shots.

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