Oldies

1957 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets auditioned for "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" and were rejected. 1957 - The Everly Brothers made their debut on "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville, TN. 1964 -The Beach Boys single "I Get Around" was released. 1965 - Liza Minnelli opened in "Flora the Red Menace." 1965 - The Byrds made their TV debut with "Mr. Tambourine Man" on NBC's "Hullabaloo." 1967 - The ABC-TV […]

1964 - Dusty Springfield made her U.S. television debut on the "Ed Sullivan Show." 1968 - Jim Morrison (Doors) incited a riot during a Chicago concert. 1969 - The Turtles and the Temptations played the White House upon the request of Tricia Nixon. Mark Volman fell off the stage 5 times. 1974 - Eric Clapton recorded "I Shot the Sheriff." 1975 - Stevie Wonder and his band Wonderlove played for […]

1968 - Aretha Franklin recorded a live album in Paris. 1968 - Reginald Dwight decided to change his name to Elton John. 1971 - The Rolling Stones released "Brown Sugar"in the U.S. It was the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records. 1978 - Bob Dylan sold 90,000 tickets in less than eight hours for upcoming concerts at London's Wembley Empire Pool. 1982 - Diana Ross received a […]

1965 - Keith Richards began writing the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" in a Florida hotel room. 1973 - In Boston, Paul Simon began his first tour without Art Garfunkel. 1977 - Dolly Parton made her New York singing debut. 1978 - The Bee Gees announced the launch of UNICEF benefit concerts. 1994 - Pearl Jam filed a complaint with the U.S. Justice Department against Ticketmaster. The charge was the company had […]

1953 - Frank Sinatra and arranger Nelson Riddle teamed up for the first time. 1957 - Elvis recorded "Jailhouse Rock." 1960 - Fats Domino recorded "Walking to New Orleans." 1965 - The Kinks began their first British tour. 1965 - Herman's Hermits and the Zombies began their first U.S. tour. 1976 - In Memphis, Bruce Springsteen jumped a fence at Graceland in an attempt to see his idol, Elvis Presley. […]

1960 - Dick Clark told the U.S. House of Representatives that he had never taken payola for the records he featured on his show "American Bandstand." 1968 - The musical "Hair" opened on Broadway. 1976 - Bruce Springsteen climbed the wall of Graceland to meet Elvis Presley. Elvis wasn't home. 1979 - Van Halen's "Dance The Night Away" single was released. 1980 - Black Sabbath began their first tour with […]

1965 - Barbara Streisand's first TV special aired on CBS. It was titled "My Name is Barbara". 1980 - Marshall Tucker Band bass player Tommy Caldwell died of injuries he got in a car accident in Spartanburg, SC. 1987 - On a plane that was returning to Boston from Miami Ozzy Osbourne bought three rounds of drinks and sang "Crazy Train" over the PA system. 1986 - For the first […]

1957 - Ricky Nelson's first record, "Teenager's Romance," was released. 1959 - Llyod Price's "Personality" was released. 1964 - John Lennon's "In His Own Write", a collection of funny poems and drawings, was published in the U.S. 1969 - Glen Campbell and Dionne Warwick were guests on Jose Feliciano's TV special. 1973 - Opryland opened in Nashville, TN. 1976 - David Bowie was detained on a train trip from Russia […]