1950 Al Jolson, one of the most popular entertainers of the 1920s, dies at 64 after having a heart attack during a card game in San Francisco, California.
1954 Elvis Presley’s second Sun single, “Blue Moon Of Kentucky,” breaks out in Nashville and New Orleans, becoming his first chart hit outside of his native Memphis.
1963 The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, The Rolling Stones, Julie Grant and The Flintstones appeared at Odeon Theatre, Nottingham, England. 1
1963 Bob Dylan records “The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll” and “When The Ship Comes In.”
1966 The Yardbirds, in their first concert featuring Jimmy Page on lead guitar, open at San Francisco’s Fillmore West.
1966 The Jimi Hendrix Experience records “Hey Joe.”
1968 Elvis Presley’s movie Live A Little, Love A Little is released.
1976 The Clash appeared at The ICA in London, England.
1976 The Jam played an afternoon show in Soho Market, London.
1976 Chicago’s “If You Leave Me Now” hits #1 in America for the first of two weeks.
1978 Neil Young’s Zuma Beach, California, home burns to the ground in a brush fire
1979 The Police shoot the video for “Walking On The Moon” in front of a Saturn V rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
1980 Depeche Mode appeared at The Bridge House, Canning Town, London
1984 Sade performed at Newcastle City Hall, England.
1989 Nirvana played at Newcastle’s Riverside Club, England.
1990 AC/DC’s Back In Black album is certified Diamond for US sales of 10 million.
1994 Crash Test Dummies played at Rock City, Nottingham, England.
1995 Def Leppard played three gigs in three continents in 24 hours. Tangier, London and Vancouver.
2001 R.E.M. plays a surprise show at Seattle’s Crocodile Cafe, which guitarist Peter Buck co-owns with his wife, Stephanie Dorgan.
2001 Bush release Golden State, a commercially disappointing album
