1964 – Dusty Springfield made her U.S. television debut on the “Ed Sullivan Show.”
1968 – Jim Morrison (Doors) incited a riot during a Chicago concert.
1969 – The Turtles and the Temptations played the White House upon the request of Tricia Nixon. Mark Volman fell off the stage 5 times.
1974 – Eric Clapton recorded “I Shot the Sheriff.”
1975 – Stevie Wonder and his band Wonderlove played for 125,000 people at the Washington Monument as part of Human Kindness Day.
1983 – Metallica began recording the album “Kill ‘Em All” in New York. They finished on May 27, 1983.
1985 – The Go-Go’s announced their breakup.
1986 – Tommy Lee (>Motley Crue) and Heather Locklear were married.
1988 – In the U.K.,Prince’s 10th album was released entitled “Lovesexy.” Some stores refused to sell the album due to the nude portrait that was on the cover.
1991 – Bushwick Bill (Geto Boys) lost his right eye after being shot by his girlfriend.
1994 – Tupac Shakur began serving a 15-day county jail term for attacking director Allen Hughes on a video set.
1997 – Barbara Mandrell launched her “Country Sentiments” line of jewelry on the QVC cable TV channel.
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