1959 Bobby Darin’s swinging version of “Mack the Knife,” a song about a killer from The Threepenny Opera, hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 and stayed there for nine weeks.
1960 Country singer Johnny Horton, age 35, dies in an automobile accident near Milano, Texas.
1963 The Beatles played at the Adelphi Cinema in Slough
1965 The Doors performed at the Pioneer Club Boat Ride, Los Angeles, California
1965 Johnny Cash was arrested crossing the Mexican border into El Paso
1967 Kenny Rogers makes his TV debut, appearing with his group The First Edition on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
1969 Jerry Reed records “Amos Moses.”
1970 Led Zeppelin release “Immigrant Song” in the US.
1971 Elvis Presley played at the Metropolitan Sports Center in Minneapolis
1971 Elton John releases his fourth album, Madman Across The Water
1972 The Jackson 5 Show, the group’s second television special, airs on CBS.
1973 Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance played in a circus tent on Clapham Common, London
1974 The Eagles release “Best Of My Love.”
1979 Blue Oyster Cult played at London’s Hammersmith Odeon
1979 ABBA visited the White House while on tour for the first and only time in America
1987 Bobby Nunn (original bass vocalist for The Coasters) dies of heart failure at age 61.
1991 Ray Charles was honored on the TV special “Ray Charles: 50 Years Of Music”
1992 Tom Jones appears on The Simpsons in the episode “Marge Gets a Job.”
1995 Garbage played at The 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis
1999 Paul McCartney released Run Devil Run in the U.S.
2000 U2 score their eighth UK #1 album when All That You Can’t Leave Behind
2000 The Who guest star on the “A Tale of Two Springfields” episode of The Simpsons.
2003 Beyonce started a nine week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Baby Boy.’ Outkast were at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Speakerboxxx / The Love Below.’
2011 Steve Jobs, Apple founder and music industry visionary, passes away at age 56 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
2014 It’s a big day in Las Vegas, as Kiss begin their first residency with a show at the Hard Rock, while Britney Spears is honored with a key to the strip in celebration of her successful concert production at Planet Hollywood, which began in December 2013.
2021 ABBA release Voyage, their first album in 40 years
