1939 Frank Sinatra records “Every Day Of My Life” and “Ciribiribin,” his last two songs with Harry James’ band.
1946 Roy Wood of The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard is born in Kitts Green, Birmingham, England.
1961 The Beach Boys release their first single, “Surfin’.”
1963 Dusty Springfield played in Halifax along with The Searchers, Freddie & The Dreamers and Brian Poole & The Tremeloes.
1967 Nilsson records “Everybody’s Talkin’.”
1968 The Who, Joe Cocker and The Grease Band, The Mindbenders and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown played at The Walthamstow Granada Theatre,Walthamstow, England.
1969 “Wedding Bell Blues” by The 5th Dimension hits #1 in America. The song was written and originally recorded by Laura Nyro.
1971 Paul McCartney throws a party at London’s Empire Ballroom to officially launch his new group, Wings.
1971 Led Zeppelin released their fourth album. Generally referred to as “Led Zeppelin IV”
1973 Bob Dylan records “Forever Young” and “On A Night Like This.”
1975 John Lennon names his good friend Elton John the godfather of his new son, Sean.
1976 George Harrison releases The Best Of George Harrison.
1977 Suzi Quatro makes her first of seven appearances on the TV series Happy Days, playing tough-yet-adorable Leather Tuscadero, the little sister of Fonzie’s ex-girlfriend Pinky
1986 Metallica performed their first live concert with Jason Newsted.
1988 Jerry Lee Lewis declares bankruptcy.
1993 Take That played at Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth.
1999 Eminem played at the London Astoria
2001 Limp Bizkit are the big winners at the MTV Europe Music Awards, winning Best Album for Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water.
2009 Morrissey performed only a song and a half at the Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool walking off stage after being hit by a plastic bottle of beer. Morrissey did say ‘goodnight’ before he left.
2021 Missy Elliott gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
