1958 Brenda Lee records “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree.”
1958 Jan & Arnie appear on CBS-TV’s Jack Benny Show.
1961 The Beatles join forces with Gerry and the Pacemakers for a show in Liverpool, where both bands combine to perform as “The Beatmakers.”
1963 The Beatles appeared at The Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, England.
1967 Jose Feliciano records “Light My Fire.”
1967 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles release “I Second That Emotion.”
1968 Cream played the second of two nights at The Los Angeles Forum
1970 Bob Dylan releases New Morning.
1973 Bob Marley and The Wailers played the first of two nights at The Matrix Club, San Francisco, California
1974 Billy Preston’s “Nothing From Nothing” hits #1.
1977 Judy Collins appears on The Muppet Show, where she sings Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns.”
1980 AC/DC played at Bristol Colston Hall.
1981 The Clash appeared at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, England.
1988 Blues singer/guitarist Son House dies of cancer of the larynx at age 86.
1991 Oasis played The Boardwalk in their hometown Manchester, the group’s first gig with Noel Gallagher in the group.
1993 Counterparts, Rush’s 15th studio album, hits stores.
2005 Yusuf Islam, the singer/songwriter formerly know as Cat Stevens, is named songwriter of the year at the ASCAP Awards in London
2014 Raphael Ravenscroft, who played the famous saxophone solo on “Baker Street,” dies at age 60.
