Oldies

1963 - "Best Foot Forward" with Liza Minnelli opened in New York City. 1964 - The Beach Boys recorded "I Get Around." 1965 - Freddie & the Dreamers recorded "Do The Freddie." 1965 - The Beach Boys appeared on ABC-TV's "Shindig!" and performed "Do You Wanna Dance?" 1978 - KISS released the album "Double Platinum." 1967 - Steve Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group to form Traffic. 1972 - John […]

1956 - Elvis Presley filmed his first Hollywood screen test. 1961 - Troy Shondell recorded "This Time." 1963 - Fats Domino signed with ABC-Paramount after his Imperial contract ended. 1964 - John Lennon was reunited with his father after 17 years. 1966 - The first single under just the name David Bowie was released for the song "Do Anything You Say." The song was performed by The Buzz with Bowie […]

1958 - Eddie Cochran recorded "Summertime Blues." 1964 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London announced the Beatles would be cast in wax. 1966 - Gary Lewis recorded "Green Grass." 1967 - Van Morrison recorded "Brown Eyed Girl." 1969 - Joe Cocker played his first American concert. 1970 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "Woodstock" was released. 1972 - Elvis Presley recorded "Burning Love." It would turn out to be […]

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" reported that Carlos Santana had changed his name […]

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. 1975 - The film "Tommy" premiered in […]

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 […]

1956 - Sammy Davis, Jr. starred in the play, "Mr. Wonderful," in New York City. 1956 - Carl Perkins was injured in a car accident on his way to perform on the "Perry Como Show." 1958 - Hank Williams Jr. made his stage debut in Swainsboro, GA, at the age of eight. 1962 - Barbra Streisand opened in the Broadway show "I Can Get it For You Wholesale." 1963 - […]

1952 - The Moondog Coronation Ball, the first "rock 'n' roll" stage show, was held at the Cleveland Arena. 1963 - Elliott Gould and Barbra Streisand were married. 1964 - A Judy Collins show at New York City's Town Hall was recorded. It was released as "The Judy Collins Concert". 1970 - Faces, with new lead singer Rod Stewart, released their first LP, "First Step." 1976 - Singer Claudine Longet, […]