1947- Frank Sinatra records “What’ll I Do?”
1955 “Autumn Leaves” by Roger Williams hits #1 in America.
1957 Bobby Helms records “Jingle Bell Rock.”
1963 The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, The Rolling Stones, Julie Grant and The Flintstones appeared at The Goumont Theatre, St Albans, England.
1963 The Hollies record Stay With The Hollies.
1965 The Rolling Stones performed at the Forum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1967 Cream played at the Saville Theatre in London, England
1970 Neil Diamond’s “Cracklin’ Rosie” is certified gold.
1971 Duane Allman (of The Allman Brothers Band) dies in a motorcycle crash in Macon, Georgia, at age 24.
1976 Elvis Presley records “It’s Easy For You,” “Way Down,” and “Pledging My Love.”
1978 Motorhead played at City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1983 Kiss played at City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1984 Deep Purple release Perfect Strangers, their first album since 1975. The subsequent tour does big business.
1987 David Bowie played at the Boondall Entertainment Centre in Brisbane
1987 Woody Herman, jazz musician and big band leader, dies at age 74.
1991 In Peoria, Illinois, Metallica launch their mammoth Wherever We May Roam tour, which runs for 224 shows, wrapping up on December 18, 1992.
1993 Tim Burton’s animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas hits US theaters
1995 Paul Anka guest stars on the “Treehouse of Horror VI” episode of The Simpsons.
1996 Axl Rose announces that Slash is no longer a member of Guns N’ Roses
2000 Limp Bizkit started a two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with Chocolate Starfish.
2001 Henry Berthold “Spike” Robinson, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at age 71.
2001 U2 performed for the first time on The Late Show with David Letterman.
2009 To celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a series of concerts take place at Madison Square Garden, featuring inductees Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Mick Jagger and Aretha Franklin.
