Oldies

1958 - Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" was released. 1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience began its first British tour. The show featured the first time that Hendrix set a guitar on fire. In 2008, the scorched instrument sold for more than $450,000 at auction. 1969 - Led Zeppelin's debut album was released in the U.K. 1976 - Led Zeppelin's album "Presence" was released. 1982 - The Doobie Brothers announced […]

1957 - Buddy Knox became the first artist in the Rock and Roll era to write his own number one hit. "Party Doll" hit #1 on this US Singles Chart. 1966 - Barbra Streisand's "Color Me Barbra" special aired on CBS-TV. 1967 - The cover of the Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was staged and photographed. 1968 - The Yardbirds performed and recorded "Live Yardbirds" at the Anderson […]

1927 - Composer Mstislav Leopold Rostropovich was born. 1945 - Ella Fitzgerald and the Delta Rhythm Boys recorded "It’s Only a Paper Moon." 1950 - Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner became one of the first jazz instrumentalists to give a solo concert. In 1954, he wrote the song "Misty." 1951 - Frank Sinatra recorded "I’m a Fool to Want You." 1967 - The Young Rascals recorded "Groovin'." 1973 - "Rolling Stone" […]

1957 - Ricky Nelson recorded his first songs. 1964 - "Funny Girl" opened on Broadway starring Barbra Streisand. 1964 - Pete Best (Beatles) appeared live on the TV show "I've Got a Secret." 1965 - It was announced that Jeff Beck would take Eric Clapton's place in the Yardbirds. 1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their "bed-in" for peace in Amsterdam. 1970 - Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & […]

1960 - Roy Orbison recorded "Only the Lonely." 1961 - Elvis Presley performed his last live show for the next eight years in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The show raised $62,000 for the U.S.S. Arizona memorial fund. 1963 - The Beach Boys released the album "Surfin' U.S.A." 1967 - The Who made its U.S. concert debut in New York. 1968 - The 58th and final episode of "The Monkees" TV show […]

1941 - Glenn Miller began work on his first motion picture for 20th Century Fox. The film was "Sun Valley Serenade." 1958 - Elvis Presley was sworn in as a private in the U.S. Army. 1965 - Bill Wyman was knocked unconscious by an electrical shock from a microphone stand. It was the first date of the Rolling Stones anniversary tour. 1966 - The New York State Assembly passed a […]

1961 - Elvis Presley recorded "Can't Help Falling in Love." 1964 - John Lennon's first book, "In His Own Write" was published. 1969 - Anita Bryant and the Letterman appeared at a "Rally For Decency" in Miami following Jim Morrison's indecent exposure onstage there. 1973 - Yoko Ono was granted permission to live in the U.S. permanently. 1971 - John Lennon was ordered to leave the U.S. within 60 days […]

1959 - Bobby Rydell made his first TV appearance, on "American Bandstand." 1960 - Elvis Presley made his first post-Army recording. Today in Elvis History 1961 - Ricky Nelson recorded "Hello Mary Lou." 1963 - Jan & Dean recorded "Surf City." 1965 - The first Motown tour of the U.K. began. 1968 - Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Richie Furay and Jim Messina were arrested on drug charges in Los Angeles, […]