1954 LaVern Baker records “Tweedle Dee.”
1954 The musical Peter Pan opened.
1955 Bill Haley, Pat Boone and Elvis Presley all appear together in concert at a Cleveland High School
1955 Elvis Presley and Bill Haley and his Comets appeared at Brooklyn High School auditorium, Cleveland.
1955 Harry Belafonte records “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O).”
1960 Elvis Presley’s film G.I. Blues premieres
1961 The Beatles played a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool and in the evening appeared at The Village Hall in Knotty Ash, Liverpool.
1964 The Rolling Stones played their first live concert in France when they appeared at the Paris Olympia.
1968 Cream and Deep Purple appeared at the San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California.
1969 The Who played the first of six nights at New York’s Filmore East performing a two-hour show featuring the songs from ‘Tommy.
1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their Wedding Album LP
1972 Elton John’s single “Crocodile Rock” was released in the U.S.
1978 The Police made their US debut at C.B.G.B.S, New York.
1986 The Damned played City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne
1994 The Prodigy kicked off a 12-date UK tour at The Palace in Blackpool.
1976 Led Zeppelin’s film The Song Remains the Same premiered in London.
1977 Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd were all killed along with manager Dean Kilpatrick when their rented plane ran out of fuel and crashed into a densely wooded thicket in the middle of a swamp in Gillsburg, Mississippi
1979 Bob Dylan makes his only appearance on Saturday Night Live, performing three songs from his Christian album Slow Train Coming.
1980 U2 release their debut album, Boy, produced by Steve Lillywhite
1991 Country music singer Clint Black marries TV actress Lisa Hartman
1992 The Madonna album Erotica was released.
2000 Ice-T makes his debut on the TV series Law & Order.
2003 Amy Winehouse, 20, issues her first album, Frank, in the UK. It doesn’t appear in America until 2007.
2010 Lil Wayne, in prison on weapons charges, hits #1 in America with his album I Am Not a Human Being, recorded before he started serving his eight-month sentence.
