insert_link Music This Day in Music History – August 19th 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 […] todayAugust 19, 2019