1955 The Everly Brothers made their first studio recordings, cutting four tracks in 22 minutes, at Nashville’s Old Tulane Hotel studios.
1959 Johnny Mathis goes to #1 in America with his album Heavenly.
1960 Dee Clark records “Your Friends.”
1960 Elvis Presley begins filming his seventh movie, Wild In The Country.
1961 The Beatles played at The Cavern Club, Liverpool
1962 The Miracles release “You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me.”
1965 Wilson Pickett performed at the Scotch of St James Club in London
1966 John Lennon visits London’s Indica Gallery to see the exhibit Unfinished Paintings and Objects and meets the artist behind the showing, Yoko Ono
1967 The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine was published in San Francisco
1968 Led Zeppelin played at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
1970 Badfinger release the album No Dice in the US.
1971 Carly Simon attends James Taylor’s concert at Carnegie Hall and the two fall madly in love.
1973 Bob Dylan records “Wedding Song.”
1973 Billy Joel released his second album, Piano Man
1976 Frank Zappa’s album Overnite Sensation is certified Gold.
1977 Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” is certified Gold.
1996 For the first time, Bob Dylan licenses one of his songs for commercial use, in this case, “The Times They Are A Changin'” to the Bank of Montreal.
1999 Faith Hill releases her fourth album, Breathe
2004 Kenny Chesney is the big winner at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, held at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
2002 Madonna broke The Beatles’ record for most Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 when “Die Another Day” went to No. 8, giving her 35 Top 10 hits on the chart.
2010 Rapper Wiz Khalifa is arrested in Greenville, North Carolina, on drug charges after authorities smell marijuana coming from his tour bus
2012 Soul singer Major Harris (of The Delfonics) dies of congestive heart and lung failure at age 65.
