1944 At Frank Sinatra’s show at the Paramount Theater in New York City, police are called in to control the crowd, which is mostly teenage girls.
1957 Buddy Holly & The Crickets, The Drifters and Chuck Berry appeared at the Mission Beach Ballroom, San Diego, California.
1962 Little Richard, The Beatles and Billy J. Kramer appeared at The Tower Ballroom, Wallasey, Merseyside, England.
1966 Sammy Davis, Jr. appears as a guest star on today’s “The Clock King’s Crazy Crimes” episode of ABC-TV’s Batman.
1966 The Moody Blues split up, with Denny Laine signing a solo deal with their label, Deram
1967 The Doors appeared at The Surf Club, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, supported by Ultimate Spinach.
1971 Rock ‘n roller Gene Vincent dies from a ruptured stomach ulcer in California, at age 36.
1974 Olivia Newton-John’s LP If You Love Me, Let Me Know hits #1.
1975 Rod Stewart and The Faces made their final live appearance when they played at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.
1978 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark made their live debut at Eric’s, Liverpool, England.
1978 The Tom Robinson band appeared at Friars in Aylesbury with Stiff Little Fingers as support and the Johnny Thunders All Stars played at The Lyceum in London. His band featured Paul Cook and Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols.
1981 U2 release their second album, October.
1982 The Who supported by The Clash appeared at Shea Stadium, New York City.
1993 Faith Hill releases her debut album, Take Me As I Am, featuring the #1 singles “Piece Of My Heart” and “Wild One.”
1995 R.E.M. played the first of 3 nights at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania supported by Grant Lee Buffalo.
1995 Tupac Shakur was released from Clinton Correctional Prison on $1.4 million bail which was posted by Suge Knight
1994 MTV airs the reunion concert special of Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, entitled Unledded.
1999 David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young (Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young) appear at New York’s Madison Square Garden to announce their forthcoming album and CSNY2K tour.
2001 Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland quits the band
2002 Faith Hill is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, hosted by Sarah Michelle Gellar, and performs “Cry” and “Free.”
