1956 Elvis Presley bought a new Harley Davidson and spent the day riding round Memphis on his new bike with actress Natalie Wood.
1962 The Beatles started a 14 night residency at the star Club, Hamburg, Germany.
1963 Lorne Greene records “Ringo.”
1963 The Beatles played at the Odeon Cinema in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
1964 The Dave Clark Five makes their US TV debut on Ed Sullivan Show
1965 The Rolling Stones performed at the War Memorial Auditorium, New York
1966 The Doors played at the Ondine Discotheque, Midtown Manhattan, New York
1966 Elvis Presley’s LPs Elvis Presley, Elvis’ Golden Records, Vol. 2, and Elvis’ Golden Records, Vol. 3 are certified gold
1968 George Harrison released his first solo album Wonderwall Music on the Apple label.
1969 Ross D.Wyllie at No.1 on the Australian chart with The Star
1970 Elvis Presley releases Almost In Love.
1971 Olivia Newton-John releases her first solo album, If Not For You.
1975 Wings performed at The Entertainment Centre in Perth.
1979 Blue Oyster Cult played at the Brighton Centre, Brighton, England 1983 Siouxsie and the Banshees performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London
1985 Dexy’s Midnight Runners played at The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland
1986 Ultravox performed at Glasgow Barrowlands
1987 LL Cool J, Eric B & Rakim and Public Enemy played at the Hammersmith Odeon, London.
1997 Fiona Apple appears on the cover of Spin magazine under the headline, “She’s Been a Bad, Bad Girl.”
1988 Slick Rick releases his debut album, The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick, featuring the influential rap hit “Children’s Story.”
1992 Pearl Jam play Neil Young’s Bridge School benefit concert for the first time. The event takes place at the Shoreline Amphitheater outside of San Francisco.
1999 Celine Dion is inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame during the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Gold Ribbon Awards gala in Montreal
2000 Ben Folds Five announce their breakup. Folds continues as a solo artist.
2005 Black Sabbath is inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame by Brian May of Queen
2008 Jimmy Carl Black (drummer, vocalist for Mothers Of Invention) dies of lung cancer at age 70.
