Oldies

1956 - Alan Freed's "Rock Rock Rock" film (with Connie Francis singing for Tuesday Weld) was released. 1963 - The Beatles appeared on the British TV show "Juke Box Jury." 1966 - Nancy Sinatra appeared on "Frank Sinatra: A Man & His Music Part II" on CBS-TV. 1984 - Michael Jackson testified in Chicago, IL, that he wrote the song "The Girl is Mine," not an Illinois man. Jackson won […]

1956 - Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash recorded together (the Million Dollar Quartet). The session would not be released for 25 years. 1961 - Gene Chandler's "Duke of Earl" was released. 1971 - The Montreaux Casino was destroyed by fire during a show by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. 1976 - Tommy Bolin of Deep Purple died of a drug overdose at the […]

1965 - In Sacramento, CA, Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) was shocked and knocked unconscious during a concert when his guitar made contact with his microphone during a performance of "The Last Time." 1966 - In Honolulu, HI, The Monkees performed a live concert for the first time. 1967 - The Supremes were guest on "Tennessee" Ernie Ford's TV special. 1968 - Elvis Presley's NBC-TV special "Elvis" was aired. 1969 - […]

1959 - Bobby Darin was the subject of the TV show "This Is Your Life." 1967 - Jimmie Rodgers was found in his car with a fractured skull after a serious accident. He recovered from the auto accident, but his singing career ended. 1967 - David Bowie's single "Rubber Band" was released in the U.K. 1969 - Cindy Birdsong (Supremes) was kidnapped at knifepoint. She later managed to escape her […]

1956 - The Leonard Bernstein musical "Candide" opened on Broadway. The work was based on the book by Voltaire. 1957 - Three rock and roll acts made their debut on the Ed Sullivan Show: Buddy Holly & the Crickets ("That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue"), Sam Cooke ("You Send Me"), and the Rays. 1958 - The musical "Flower Drum Song" Rodgers and Hammerstein opened on Broadway at the St. […]

1965 - The Colorado State government declared this day to be Rolling Stones Day. 1968 - Sly & The Family Stone's "Everyday People" was released. 1969 - Simon & Garfunkel's first TV special, "Songs of America," aired. 1969 - The Save Rave '69 benefit concert, to aid the youth culture magazine Rave, took place in London. 1970 - George Harrison released his triple album "All Things Must Pass" in the […]

1957 - Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps appeared on Ed Sullivan for their first national TV appearance. 1961 - The Everly Brothers were inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. 1966 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience made its London performance debut at the Bag O' Nails Club. 1968 - Saxophonist Albert Ayler was found drowned in New York's Hudson River. He was 34 years old. 1984 - Several British […]

1987 - "Sign 'O' The Times," Prince's third movie, opened. 1991 - Randy Jackson was sentenced in Los Angeles to a month in jail for violating probation related to charges of beating his wife in the previous January. 1994 - David Crosby got a liver transplant. 1995 - A new Beatles recording, "Free As a Bird," began airing on radio stations. The song had debuted on ABC-TV the night before. […]