1956 Clarence “Frogman” Henry releases “Ain’t Got No Home.”
1960 Ben E. King records “Spanish Harlem” and “Stand by Me.”
1963 The Beatles performed three shows at the Cirkus in Goteborg, Sweden.
1964 The Supremes release “Come See About Me.”
1969 Muddy Waters was seriously injured in a car crash in Champagne, Illinois. Three people were killed in the accident.
1970 Black Sabbath played at the Palace Ballroom in Maryport, West Cumbria UK
1973 Mott the Hoople supported by Aerosmith played at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston
1973 Gladys Knight and the Pips’ “Midnight Train To Georgia” hits #1 in America for the first of two weeks.
1979 During a U.S. tour, Elton John collapsed on stage at Hollywood’s Universal Amphitheater, suffering from exhaustion.
1984 The Grateful Dead performed at Berkeley, California
1988 Def Leppard played at the Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Washington
1998 Lauryn Hill releases her first single as a solo artist, “Doo Wop (That Thing).”
1988 U2’s film, Rattle And Hum, received its global premiere in Dublin, the band’s hometown.
1999 Coldplay performed at Liverpool Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England
1999 KoRn debut their new song “Falling Away From Me” on the season premiere of South Park, “Korn’s Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery.” The animated version of the band appears in the episode.
2006 Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth premieres her film Perfect Partner at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
2006 Amy Winehouse released her second and final studio album, Back to Black,
2011 MTV reboots Beavis and Butt-Head, which went off the air in 1997, for another season.
2013 Lou Reed died at the age of 71
2014 Taylor Swift issues 1989, her biggest-selling album. The first two singles are monster hits: “Shake It Off” and “Blank Space.”
