This Day in Music History – May 17th

1963 – Jan & Dean’s “Surf City” was released.

1963 – Joan Baez headlined the first Monterey Folk Festival in California.

1967 – “Don’t Look Back”, a documentary on Bob Dylan’s 1965 British tour, premiered in San Francisco, CA.

1969 – The Who released the album “Tommy” in the U.S.

1971 – The musical “Godspell” opened in New York City and ran for 2,124 performances.

1975 – Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) put his hand through a window at Gorman’s restaurant on Long Island.

1978 – The movie “Thank God It’s Friday” premiered in Los Angeles.

1980 – Peter Criss left KISS to pursue a solo career.

1993 – Barry Manilow appeared on the CBS-TV’s “Murphy Brown.”

1995 – Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Fats Domino appeared together for the first time in Sheffield, London.

1999 – No Doubt sued the clothing manufacturer No Fear with the claim that the companies clothing items that had the “No Doubt” name on them infringe on the bands copyrighted service mark.

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