1936 Adele Dixon sings “Television” on the first ever broadcast of the BBC entertainment programme Variety.
1952 Maxine Nightingale is born in Wembley, London, England.
1963 The Konrads, (featuring David Bowie), appeared at Shirley Parish Hall, Shirley, Croydon, England.
1963 Folk music is in the air as Peter, Paul and Mary’s album In The Wind hits #1 in America.
1966 Dressed in full revolutionary regalia, Paul Revere & the Raiders appear on an episode of Batman.
1966 Country blues musician Mississippi John Hurt dies of a heart attack at age 74.
1967 Tom Jones played at Finsbury Park, Astoria with Kathy Kirby and The Ted Heath Orchestra.
1968 The Doors played at the Veterans Memorial Hall, Columbus, Ohio.
1968 Cream is presented with a Platinum album for Wheels Of Fire at the Madison Square Garden stop of their farewell tour.
1970 Grand Funk Railroad and Black Sabbath appeared at the San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California.
1971 Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves by Cher is No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Chart.
1972 Carly Simon releases “You’re So Vain.”
1973 Ringo Starr releases his third studio album, Ringo, in the US.
1974 George Harrison played in Vancouver, Canada.
1978 David Cassidy stars in a new cop show called David Cassidy: Man Undercover. It is cancelled after 10 episodes.
1979 AC/DC played at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, with Def Leppard supporting.
1984 U2 performed at London Academy, Brixton, London.
1987 Eric Clapton played at The Budokan, Tokyo.
1987 George Harrison releases Cloud Nine, a commercial comeback that includes the #1 hit “Got My Mind Set On You.” It’s the last album he puts out in his lifetime.
1989 Bad Religion release their fourth full-length studio album, No Control.
1991 Tin Machine performed at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, England.
1997 Brandy becomes the first black Disney princess when she plays Cinderella in the ABC TV movie. Whitney Houston plays her Fairy Godmother.
1998 The Rolling Stones release No Security.
1999 David Gray played at Leeds City Varieties.
2001 Slipknot performed at Cardiff Indoor Arena in Wales
2001 Gorillaz’ “Clint Eastwood” and Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon Of Choice” each take three trophies at the Billboard Music Video Awards.
2004 Queen Elizabeth II awarded guitarist Eric Clapton a CBE — Commander of the British Empire, an order of chivalry of British democracy — for his services to music.
2006 Justin Timberlake hosts the MTV Europe Music Awards
2014 English clarinetist Acker Bilk, known for the 1962 instrumental hit “Stranger On The Shore,” dies at age 85 after years of health issues that included throat cancer, bladder cancer, and a stroke.
2016 Taylor Swift was the highest-paid woman in music, according to Forbes’ annual list, having earned more than double her nearest competitor Adele.
