Oldies

1965 - John Lennon's second book, "A Spaniard in the Works" was published. 1974 - Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" was released. 1975 - Alice Cooper fell off the set of his "Welcome To My Nightmare" tour in Vancouver and broke six ribs. 1990 - Perry Bamonte replaced Roger O'Donnell in The Cure. 2000 - KISS auctioned off memorabilia from their touring days. The items brought in $876,000 on the […]

1965 - The Supremes made the studio recording of "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart." 1965 - The Miracles released "Tracks Of My Tears." 1970 - Chubby Checker and 3 others were arrested in Niagra Falls after marijuana and unidentified drug capsules were found in Checker's car. 1987 - Madonna was on the cover of "Cosmopolitan" magazine. 1998 - Aqua released the home video "The Diary." -- Photo […]

1959 - Chuck Berry's "Memphis" was released. 1963 - The Surfaries single "Wipe Out" was released. 1963 - "Fingertips - Pt 2," by Stevie Wonder, was released. 1967 - The drug possession trial of Rolling Stone members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards opened in London. 1968 - The Jeff Beck group made its U.S. debut in New York at The Fillmore East. 1968 - Mason Williams' "Classical Gas" was released. […]

1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience made its debut performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in California. 1976 - ABBA performed for Sweden's King and his Queen-to-be on the eve of their Royal Wedding. 1977 - Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols) was slashed on his face and hands by some kids armed with knives. 1995 - Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) was arrested in Camden, NJ, on robbery and aggravated assault charges. […]

1957 - "At the Hop" was released by Danny & the Juniors. 1964 - The Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go" was released. It became their first song to get to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. 1965 - The Kinks arrived in New York City to start their first U.S. tour. 1969 - Charles Mingus came out of a two-year, self-imposed retirement to make a […]

1967 - The Monterey Pop Festival began at the Monterey Fairgrounds in Northern California. The festival lasted three days. 1970 - Woodstock Ventures, the sponsors of the original Woodstock, announced that they lost more than $1.2 million on the festival. 1972 - The New York Jazz Museum opened. 1972 - The Who's "Join Together" was released in the U.K. 1972 - David Bowie's "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust […]

1958 - The Platters sang "Twilight Time" on Ed Sullivan. 1967 - Peter Green left John Mayall's Blues Breakers to form Fleetwood Mac. 1968 - The Beatles' announced the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as a public mistake at a press conference in New York. 1974 - Paul McCartney & Wings announced the addition of Geoff Britton, who replaced Denny Seiwell. 1989 - Nirvana's album "Bleach" was released. This album was their […]

1953 - Elvis Presley graduated from L.C. Humes High School in Memphis, TN. 1961 - Patsy Cline sustained serious head injuries and a fractured hip in a car accident in Madison, TN. 1965 - Paul McCartney recorded the song "Yesterday." 1969 - Mick Taylor was introduced as the new guitarist for The Rolling Stones. 1970 - Grand Funk Railroad spent $100,000 for a block long billboard in New York's Times […]

1965 - The Beatles received their MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) awards. 1972 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono released "Some Time In New York City." 1989 - Graceland opened the Elvis Presley Autoland Museum, which contains over 20 cars owned by Presley. 1990 - Mariah Carey's self-titled debut album was released in the U.S. 1994 - Cab Calloway suffered a stroke from which he never truly […]