Oldies

1968 1st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude) 1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "One on One" benefit for children at Madison Square Garden, New York 1969 120,000 attend Texas International Pop Festival 1969 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash 1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden 1984 Sotheby's in London begins 2 day auction of rock memorabilla -- Photo Credit: […]

1958 George Harrison joins The Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe) 1958 Cliff Richard and the Drifters release single "Move It", Richards debut single. Credited as 1st British Rock n Roll song. 1964 "Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 965 performances 1966 The Beatles' last public concert (Candlestick Park, San Francisco) 1977 Iggy Pop releases his second album "Lust for Life", a collaboration with David […]

On October 11, Capitol/UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises will release a 50th anniversary edition of Frank Sinatra's classic album My Way and Sinatra Sings Alan & Marilyn Bergman, a compilation of songs written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Released on Reprise in March 1969, and produced by Don Costa and Sonny Burke, My Way features a varied collection of contemporary pop songs, including Lennon and McCartney's "Yesterday," Simon and Garfunkel's […]

1962 - John Lennon married Cynthia Powell at the Mount Pleasant Registry Office in Liverpool, England. They were divorced on November 8, 1968. 1968 - Ringo Starr temporarily quit The Beatles. 1988 - Good Question released their self-titled debut album. 1993 - The Los Angeles Police Department formally announced that Michael Jackson was the subject a criminal investigation. 1993 - Duran Duran received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of […]

1964 - Martha & The Vandellas' "Dancing In The Streets" was released. 1964 - The Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go" hit number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. It was their first number-one single. 1964 - Liberty Records reported the album "The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles" was selling 25,000 copies a day. 1966 - Jerry Lee Lewis was signed to play Iago in "Catch My Soul," a […]

1965 - Barry McGuire's "Eve Of Destruction" was released. 1965 - The Lovin' Spoonful's "Do You Believe In Magic" was released. 1976 - It was announced by RCA Victor records that the sales of Elvis Presley records passed the 400 million mark. 1979 - Gary Numan single "Cars" was released. 1980 - Linda Ronstadt made her debut on Broadway. The production was Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance." 1987 […]

1960 - Connie Francis begins working on the film "Where the Boys Are." 1965 - The Rolling Stones single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was released in the U.S. 1967 - The New York Times reported about a noise reduction system for album and tape recording developed by technicians R. and D.W. Dolby. Elektra Record's subsidiary, Checkmate Records became the first label to use the new Dolby process in its […]

1964 - The first American tour by the Beatles began in San Francisco, CA. The tour would cover 26 cities. 1972 - NBC-TV presented "The Midnight Special" for the first time with John Denver as the first host. 1973 - Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson were married. 1980 - 1,400 people riot in Toronto when Alice Cooper cancelled a show due to illness. 1997 - Fleetwood Mac's reunion album "The […]