1955: Elvis Presley appeared at the Jamboree at the Sportatorium in Dallas Texas.
1956: The first single from Buddy Holly, "Blue Days, Black Nights", was released.
1963: The Beatles make their television debut on BBC-TV's The 625 Show.
1964: Dean Martin recorded "Everybody Loves Somebody".
1964: The Rolling Stones released their debut album in the UK.
1964: The "chase scenes" for the movie A Hard Day's Night was filmed with actors dressed as policemen in the Notting Hill gate section of London. The title track was also recorded at Abbey Road Studio.
1965: The Hollies opened their first tour of America at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre in New York.
"When I Was Young", from the Animals' compilation...
1966: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass owned three of the Top 10 albums, including #1 Going Places. The Brass were also ranked #3 with their former #1 Whipped Cream & Other Delights and #6 with South of the Border. The great Soundtrack to "The Sound of Music" was still in the Top 10 after 57 weeks of release. The rest of the Top 10: Ballads of the Green Berets from SSgt Barry Sadler, Boots from Nancy Sinatra at #5, the Best of the Animals checked in at #7, Al Martino placed Spanish Eyes at #8, Boise, Idaho's Paul Revere & the Raiders were #9 with Just Like Us! and the Dave Clark Five's Greatest Hits entered the Top 10.
The good-time 60's, courtesy of the Lovin' Spoonful...
1966: The Righteous Brothers were at #1 for the second of three weeks with "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration", beating out "Daydream" by the Lovin' Spoonful. The rest of the Top Ten: "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down" by Cher at #3, "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers, "Time Won't Let Me" by the Outsiders, which rose from 11-5, the Rolling Stones fell with "19th Nervous Breakdown", SSgt. Barry Sadler had song #7 with the former #1 "The Ballad of the Green Berets", B.J. Thomas was at 8 with "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", the Young Rascals entered the top ten with "Good Lovin'" and Paul Revere & the Raiders moved from 18-10 with "Kicks".
1966: The Mamas & the Papas jumped from #79 to #34 on the singles chart with "Monday Monday".
1969: Desmond Dekker and the Aces climbed to #1 in the UK with "Israelites".
1972: ELO made their concert debut at the Fox and Greyhound in Croydon, London.
1973: Paul McCartney starred in his first TV show as a solo performer James Paul McCartney.
1973: The Doobie Brothers released the single "Long Train Runnin'".
1973: Jim Croce released the single "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown".
1974: Queen played in America for the first time at Regis College in Denver, Colorado.
1976: Aerosmith performed in St. Louis at the Kiel Auditorium, the premiere of a 76-date tour.
"Victim of Love" from the Eagles
1977: Hotel California continued to hold off Fleetwood Mac's Rumours for the #1 album. The list contained some great albums, including Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life at #3, the debut from Boston at #7 and Fly Like An Eagle from the Steve Miller Band at #10.
1977: Jennifer Warnes had her first big hit with the #1 Adult Contemporary song on this date 34 years ago, "Right Time of the Night".
1977: Actor David Soul rose to #1 with "Don't Give Up On Us". Thelma Houston was edging towards the top with "Don't Leave Me This Way" and Glen Campbell had #3 with "Southern Nights". The remainder of the Top Ten--the Eagles were soaring to the top of the charts with "Hotel California", 10cc had #5 with "The Things We Do For Love", Abba fell from #1 to #6 with "Dancing Queen", Natalie Cole was at 7 with "I've Got Love On My Mind", Barbra Streisand was at #8 with "Evergreen", Atlanta Rhythm Section had song #9 with "So In To You" and Hall & Oates fell to #10 with "Rich Girl".
1979: Anne Murray and her husband celebrated the birth of daughter Dawn.
1979: Donna Summer released the single "Hot Stuff".
San Francisco's Greg Kihn was at #4
1983: "Billie Jean" spent a seventh final week at #1 for Michael Jackson, with "Come On Eileen" from Dexy's Midnight Runners close at hand and Styx moving into the #3 slot with "Mr. Roboto". The Greg Kihn Band had a big hit at #4 with "Jeopardy", followed by another Michael Jackson song, "Beat It", at #5. The rest of the Top Ten: Duran Duran at 6 with "Hungry Like the Wolf", Hall & Oates coming in at 7 with "One On One", Journey's big hit "Separate Ways" at #8, After the Fire moving into the top ten with "Der Kommissar" and "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" by Culture Club at #10.
1983: Stephen Bishop topped the Adult Contemporary chart for the first of two weeks with "It Might Be You".
1983: Bonnie Tyler had the #1 album in the UK with Faster Than the Speed of Night.
1984: Huey Lewis & the News released the single "The Heart of Rock & Roll".
1985: U2 played the first of three concerts at the Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts.
1988: The "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack topped the album chart for a seventh week, holding off Michael Jackson's Bad while Faith by George Michael was third.
1988: Whitney Houston's "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" prevailed for the third week atop the Adult Contemporary chart.
1988: Billy Ocean cruised to #1 on the R&B chart with "Get Outta' My Dreams, Get Into My Car".
INXS was making a move
1988: Billy Ocean was #1 again with "Get Outta' My Dreams, Get Into My Car", while INXS was making a move at #2 with "Devil Inside" and Houston was at #3 with "Where Do Broken Hearts Go". The rest of the Top Five: "Man in the Mirror", the former #1 from Michael Jackson was song #4 and Terence Trent D'Arby had #5 with "Wishing Well".
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1990: Simple Minds, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel and Lou Reed perform in London's Wembley Stadium in a celebration of Nelson Mandela's release from prison.
1993: David Lee Roth was arrested in New York's Washington Square Park for buying drugs.
1993: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Don Henley and Steve Miller played at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate Earth Day.
1993: Billy Burnette announced that he was leaving Fleetwood Mac.
1994: Harry Connick, Jr. married Jill Goodacre in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1994: Bonnie Raitt topped the album chart with Longing In Their Hearts.
1995: Bob Seger and his wife celebrated the birth of their first daughter, Samantha Char.
1996: Kiss appeared at the 38th Grammy Awards and announced a reunion tour after 15 years apart.
1996: Judy Collins married Louis Nelson, the designer of the Vietnam War Memorial.
1998: Janet Jackson began a world tour at the Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Opening acts on the tour included Usher, N Sync and Boyz II Men.
1999: Skip Spence, a founding member of both Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape, died of lung cancer in San Francisco at age 52.
2003: Luther Vandross was admitted to a New York hospital after suffering a stroke at 52.
2008: Barbra Streisand donated $5 million to a hospital in Los Angeles.
2011: The Florida state house of representatives declared it "Jimmy Buffett Day".
Born This Day:
1920: Ed Townsend, who co-wrote "Let's Get It On" with Marvin Gaye, and also wrote for the Impressions, was born in Fayetteville, Tennessee.
1924: Henry Mancini was born in Cleveland, Ohio; died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles on June 14, 1994.
1924: Rudy Pompilli, saxophone player with Bill Haley and the Comets, was born in Chester, Pennsylvania; died of lung cancer from second-hand smoke on February 5, 1976.
1929: Roy Hamilton, who had a hit with his version of "Unchained Melody", was born in Leesburg, Georgia; died July 20, 1969 after suffering a stroke in New Rochelle, New York.
1930: Herbie Mann was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1933: Perry Botkin, Jr. ("Nadia's Theme" from 1976) was born in New York City.
1935: Bobby Vinton was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
1939: Dusty Springfield was born in London; died of breast cancer in Henley-on-Thames March 2, 1999.
1943: Dave Peverett of Savoy Brown and Foghat was born in Dulwich, England.
1947: Gerry Rafferty of Stealer's Wheel and an impressive solo performer, was born in Paisley, Scotland; died January 4, 2011 at the age of 63 from liver failure
1951: John Bentley, bassist with Squeeze ("Tempted"), was born in London.
1953: Peter Garrett, lead singer of Midnight Oil and currently the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth in Australia, was born in Sydney.
1959: Stephen Singleton of ABC ("The Look of Love", "Poison Arrow" and "Be Near Me")
1963: Jimmy Osmond was born in Ogden, Utah.
1964: Dave Pirner, singer and guitarist of Soul Asylum ("Runaway Train"), was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
1971: Selena Quintanilla-Perez (Serena) was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, murdered on March 31, 1995
1973: Akon was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
1956: The first single from Buddy Holly, "Blue Days, Black Nights", was released.
1963: The Beatles make their television debut on BBC-TV's The 625 Show.
1964: Dean Martin recorded "Everybody Loves Somebody".
1964: The Rolling Stones released their debut album in the UK.
1964: The "chase scenes" for the movie A Hard Day's Night was filmed with actors dressed as policemen in the Notting Hill gate section of London. The title track was also recorded at Abbey Road Studio.
1965: The Hollies opened their first tour of America at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre in New York.
"When I Was Young", from the Animals' compilation...
1966: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass owned three of the Top 10 albums, including #1 Going Places. The Brass were also ranked #3 with their former #1 Whipped Cream & Other Delights and #6 with South of the Border. The great Soundtrack to "The Sound of Music" was still in the Top 10 after 57 weeks of release. The rest of the Top 10: Ballads of the Green Berets from SSgt Barry Sadler, Boots from Nancy Sinatra at #5, the Best of the Animals checked in at #7, Al Martino placed Spanish Eyes at #8, Boise, Idaho's Paul Revere & the Raiders were #9 with Just Like Us! and the Dave Clark Five's Greatest Hits entered the Top 10.
The good-time 60's, courtesy of the Lovin' Spoonful...
1966: The Righteous Brothers were at #1 for the second of three weeks with "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration", beating out "Daydream" by the Lovin' Spoonful. The rest of the Top Ten: "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down" by Cher at #3, "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers, "Time Won't Let Me" by the Outsiders, which rose from 11-5, the Rolling Stones fell with "19th Nervous Breakdown", SSgt. Barry Sadler had song #7 with the former #1 "The Ballad of the Green Berets", B.J. Thomas was at 8 with "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", the Young Rascals entered the top ten with "Good Lovin'" and Paul Revere & the Raiders moved from 18-10 with "Kicks".
1966: The Mamas & the Papas jumped from #79 to #34 on the singles chart with "Monday Monday".
1969: Desmond Dekker and the Aces climbed to #1 in the UK with "Israelites".
1972: ELO made their concert debut at the Fox and Greyhound in Croydon, London.
1973: Paul McCartney starred in his first TV show as a solo performer James Paul McCartney.
1973: The Doobie Brothers released the single "Long Train Runnin'".
1973: Jim Croce released the single "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown".
1974: Queen played in America for the first time at Regis College in Denver, Colorado.
1976: Aerosmith performed in St. Louis at the Kiel Auditorium, the premiere of a 76-date tour.
"Victim of Love" from the Eagles
1977: Hotel California continued to hold off Fleetwood Mac's Rumours for the #1 album. The list contained some great albums, including Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life at #3, the debut from Boston at #7 and Fly Like An Eagle from the Steve Miller Band at #10.
1977: Jennifer Warnes had her first big hit with the #1 Adult Contemporary song on this date 34 years ago, "Right Time of the Night".
1977: Actor David Soul rose to #1 with "Don't Give Up On Us". Thelma Houston was edging towards the top with "Don't Leave Me This Way" and Glen Campbell had #3 with "Southern Nights". The remainder of the Top Ten--the Eagles were soaring to the top of the charts with "Hotel California", 10cc had #5 with "The Things We Do For Love", Abba fell from #1 to #6 with "Dancing Queen", Natalie Cole was at 7 with "I've Got Love On My Mind", Barbra Streisand was at #8 with "Evergreen", Atlanta Rhythm Section had song #9 with "So In To You" and Hall & Oates fell to #10 with "Rich Girl".
1979: Anne Murray and her husband celebrated the birth of daughter Dawn.
1979: Donna Summer released the single "Hot Stuff".
San Francisco's Greg Kihn was at #4
1983: "Billie Jean" spent a seventh final week at #1 for Michael Jackson, with "Come On Eileen" from Dexy's Midnight Runners close at hand and Styx moving into the #3 slot with "Mr. Roboto". The Greg Kihn Band had a big hit at #4 with "Jeopardy", followed by another Michael Jackson song, "Beat It", at #5. The rest of the Top Ten: Duran Duran at 6 with "Hungry Like the Wolf", Hall & Oates coming in at 7 with "One On One", Journey's big hit "Separate Ways" at #8, After the Fire moving into the top ten with "Der Kommissar" and "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" by Culture Club at #10.
1983: Stephen Bishop topped the Adult Contemporary chart for the first of two weeks with "It Might Be You".
1983: Bonnie Tyler had the #1 album in the UK with Faster Than the Speed of Night.
1984: Huey Lewis & the News released the single "The Heart of Rock & Roll".
1985: U2 played the first of three concerts at the Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts.
1988: The "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack topped the album chart for a seventh week, holding off Michael Jackson's Bad while Faith by George Michael was third.
1988: Whitney Houston's "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" prevailed for the third week atop the Adult Contemporary chart.
1988: Billy Ocean cruised to #1 on the R&B chart with "Get Outta' My Dreams, Get Into My Car".
INXS was making a move
1988: Billy Ocean was #1 again with "Get Outta' My Dreams, Get Into My Car", while INXS was making a move at #2 with "Devil Inside" and Houston was at #3 with "Where Do Broken Hearts Go". The rest of the Top Five: "Man in the Mirror", the former #1 from Michael Jackson was song #4 and Terence Trent D'Arby had #5 with "Wishing Well".
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1993: David Lee Roth was arrested in New York's Washington Square Park for buying drugs.
1993: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Don Henley and Steve Miller played at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate Earth Day.
1993: Billy Burnette announced that he was leaving Fleetwood Mac.
1994: Harry Connick, Jr. married Jill Goodacre in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1994: Bonnie Raitt topped the album chart with Longing In Their Hearts.
1995: Bob Seger and his wife celebrated the birth of their first daughter, Samantha Char.
1996: Kiss appeared at the 38th Grammy Awards and announced a reunion tour after 15 years apart.
1996: Judy Collins married Louis Nelson, the designer of the Vietnam War Memorial.
1998: Janet Jackson began a world tour at the Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Opening acts on the tour included Usher, N Sync and Boyz II Men.
1999: Skip Spence, a founding member of both Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape, died of lung cancer in San Francisco at age 52.
2003: Luther Vandross was admitted to a New York hospital after suffering a stroke at 52.
2008: Barbra Streisand donated $5 million to a hospital in Los Angeles.
2011: The Florida state house of representatives declared it "Jimmy Buffett Day".
Born This Day:
1920: Ed Townsend, who co-wrote "Let's Get It On" with Marvin Gaye, and also wrote for the Impressions, was born in Fayetteville, Tennessee.
1924: Henry Mancini was born in Cleveland, Ohio; died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles on June 14, 1994.
1924: Rudy Pompilli, saxophone player with Bill Haley and the Comets, was born in Chester, Pennsylvania; died of lung cancer from second-hand smoke on February 5, 1976.
1929: Roy Hamilton, who had a hit with his version of "Unchained Melody", was born in Leesburg, Georgia; died July 20, 1969 after suffering a stroke in New Rochelle, New York.
1930: Herbie Mann was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1933: Perry Botkin, Jr. ("Nadia's Theme" from 1976) was born in New York City.
1935: Bobby Vinton was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
1943: Dave Peverett of Savoy Brown and Foghat was born in Dulwich, England.
1947: Gerry Rafferty of Stealer's Wheel and an impressive solo performer, was born in Paisley, Scotland; died January 4, 2011 at the age of 63 from liver failure
1951: John Bentley, bassist with Squeeze ("Tempted"), was born in London.
1953: Peter Garrett, lead singer of Midnight Oil and currently the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth in Australia, was born in Sydney.
1959: Stephen Singleton of ABC ("The Look of Love", "Poison Arrow" and "Be Near Me")
1963: Jimmy Osmond was born in Ogden, Utah.
1964: Dave Pirner, singer and guitarist of Soul Asylum ("Runaway Train"), was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
1971: Selena Quintanilla-Perez (Serena) was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, murdered on March 31, 1995
1973: Akon was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
