Oldies

1963 - The Beatles' fifth single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was released in Britain. 1969 - John Lennon was convicted of possession of cannabis and fined $360 in London. Yoko Ono, who was arrested with Lennon on October 18, was cleared of charges. 1976 - Jerry Lee Lewis shot his bass player, Norman "Butch" Owens, twice in the chest while trying to hit a soda bottle. Lewis was […]

1964 - Willie Nelson made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. 1974 - Elton John and John Lennon sang a duet of "I Saw Her Standing There" at Madison Square Garden in New York. The show was John Lennon's last stage appearance. 1979 - Ringo Starr's home in Los Angeles, CA, burned down. 1984 - Prince's "I Would Die 4 U" became the fourth single from the album "Purple […]

1957 - The Crickets' LP "The 'Chirping' Crickets" was released by Brunswick Records. 1967 - Capitol Records released the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" album in the U.S. 1970 - George Harrison released his triple album "All Things Must Pass" in the U.S. 1997 - Bjork was admitted to the hospital in Reykjavik, Iceland, with a high fever. The singer was forced to cancel many upcoming dates due to a kidney […]

1962 - The Beatles recorded "Please Please Me." 1968 - Cream gave its last concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 1969 - The Band received a gold record for the album "The Band." 1976 - The Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the U.K." was released. 1980 - The film "Rockshow" premiered in New York City. The concert film was by Paul McCartney and Wings during their 1976 North American […]

1934 - The Cole Porter musical "Anything Goes" opened. 1963 - The Elvis Presley film "Fun in Acapulco" premiered. 1960 - George Harrison was deported from Germany for being too young to perform there with the Beatles. 1961 - Bob Dylan began recording his first album. The self-titled album was released in March of 1962. 1975 - Elton John received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. 1978 - Prince's […]

1971 - B.B. King marked his 25th anniversary in music by opening a European tour in London. 1982 - Led Zeppelin's album "Coda" was released. 1990 - Milli Vanilli was stripped of their Grammy Award because other singers had lent their voices to the "Girl You Know It's True" album. 1992 - The musical revival of "3 From Brooklyn" opened. 1993 - Nirvana recorded an MTV unplugged concert in New […]

1967 - Davy Jones (Monkees) opened a boutique, Zilch I, in Greenwich Village, NY. 1970 - An Elton John show in New York City was recorded from a live radio broadcast. It was later released as his "11-17-70" album. 1974 - ABBA began their first tour of Europe. It was also their first tour outside of Sweden. 1980 - John Lennon's album "Double Fantasy" was released. 1987 - The Madonna […]

1956 - Elvis Presley made his acting debut in the premiere of the "Love Me Tender" movie. 1965 - The Rolling Stones made their debut on NBC-TV's "Hullabaloo" television show. The band performed "Get Off My Cloud." 1969 - Janis Joplin was arrested in Tampa, FL on charges of using "vulgar and indecent language" at a concert. All the charges were eventually dropped. 1971 - Grand Funk Railroad released their […]