In 1957, Bill Haley And His Comets performed on ABC-TV's "American Bandstand."
In 1957, in Long Beach, California, Ricky Nelson, backed by James Burton and James Kirkland, performed at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium.
In 1958, Elvis Presley was promoted to Private First Class in the US Army. His rank would rise to Specialist Fourth Class on June 1, 1959 and to Sergeant on January 20, 1960.
In 1962, the Beatles recorded their first BBC radio session at the BBC Paris studio on Regent Street in London. They played "Twist and Shout,""Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You." The tracks were aired on the BBC Light Program 'Talent Spot.'
In 1964, in Totenhall, England, Mick Jagger was fined £16 for driving offenses. His defense lawyer told the court: "The Duke of Marlborough had longer hair than my client and he won some famous battles. His hair was powdered, I think because of fleas. My client has no fleas."
In 1965, the Lovin' Spoonful's "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" and The Vogues'"5 O'clock World" entered the US record charts.
In 1965, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass went to #1 on the US album chart in 1965 with 'Whipped Cream & Other Delights.'
In 1965, ABC-TV's "Shindig!" featured George Maharis and the Young Americans.
In 1966, the New Vaudeville Band were at #1 on the US singles chart with "Winchester Cathedral."
Also in 1967, the Association were presented with a Gold record for their hit, "Never My Love", which had risen to #2 in the US.
In 1968, Steppenwolf's first album, which includes their biggest hits, "Born to Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride" was certified Gold.
In 1968, at the Capitol Tower Recording Studio in Hollywood, Glen Campbell recorded "Galveston" and "Where's The Playground Susie."
During a North American tour in 1969, the Rolling Stones played the first of four shows at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The group played to 55,000 fans over the four nights grossing over
$100,000.
Also in 1970, Black Sabbath, Cactus and Steel Mill, (featuring Bruce Springsteen) all appeared at the Sunshine In, Asbury Park in New Jersey. All three acts played two shows, tickets cost $5.00.
In 1976, Brian Wilson appeared on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live.
In 1981, the British Phonographic industry placed advertisements in the press claiming that 'home taping was wiping out music'. The Boomtown Rats, 10cc, Elton John and Cliff Richard all backed the campaign.
Also in 1981, a concert by the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead, scheduled at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida, was cancelled because only 10,000 of 60,000 tickets had been sold. When the two groups played together in New York eight years earlier, they drew over 600,000.
In 1982, two extremes of the California music scene, the Grateful Dead and the Beach Boys played the Jamaica World Music Festival in Montego Bay.
In 1985, bassist Allan Ramsay, an original member (1964-1965) of Gary Lewis and The Playboys, was killed in the crash of the light plane he was piloting at the age of 42.
Bon Jovi were at #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with "You Give Love A Bad Name."
In 1989, during a Paul McCartney concert in Los Angeles, Stevie Wonder joined him onstage to sing their duet hit, "Ebony And Ivory."
In 1992, Neil Diamond's Christmas Special debuts on HBO. The one-hour show featured Diamond performing many of the favorites heard on "The Christmas Album" while joined by such diverse vocal ensembles as a doo-wop group, a children's choir and a mixed chorale. The LP became a Top 10 Platinum best-seller.
In 1994, Rod Stewart and the Faces appeared at The Odeon, Lewisham, London, England. Paul and Linda McCartney both joined the band on stage for a few numbers.
In 1995, the Beatles' just-released 'Anthology I' sold 1.2 million copies, a first-week sales record.
A disturbed rock fan brought the 1997 funeral of Michael Hutchence to a standstill when he tried to launch himself from a 20 ft high balcony with a cord around his neck. He was removed by police and taken away to a psychiatric unit.
In 1998, soul singer/songwriter Barbara Acklin died of pneumonia at age 55.
In 2001, Elvis Presley was inducted into The Gospel Association Hall Of Fame, an organization dedicated exclusively to recognizing meaningful contributions by individuals in all forms of Gospel music. Other notable inductees are Pat Boone, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Al Green.
In 2002, figures released by the Rolling Stones showed that the band had grossed 175m from their '40 Licks World Tour.' The report also showed they had made over $1billion from 1989-2002 from
royalties, album sales and tour revenue.
In 2003, Farm Aid 2003, a concert taped in Columbus, Ohio on September 7, was telecast on PBS.
In 2005, R&B singer/songwriter/producer/publisher Joe Jones died of complications from quadruple bypass surgery at age 79.
In 2005, multimillionaire defence contractor David H. Brooks booked New York’s Rainbow Rooms and his daughter Elizabeth’s favourite acts for her ‘bat mitzvah’ coming-of-age celebration. The stars who appeared included 50 Cent, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Stevie Nicks. 50 Cent who was paid $500,000 to appear performed only four songs but he did manage to work in the lyric, "Go shorty, it's your bat miztvah, we gonna party like it's your bat mitzvah". The party cost an estimated $10 million, including the price of corporate jets to ferry the performers to and from the venue.
In 2006, Sir Cliff Richard was unsuccessful in his battle to extend the number of years that musicians could receive royalties for their records. Richard had argued for copyrights to last 95 years, rather than the current limit of 50 years, but an independent review recommended that the terms should not change.
In 2006, R&B singer Tony "Panama" Silvester of the Main Ingredient died of multiple myeloma at age 65.
In 2007, David Bowie's "Outside"('95), "Earthling" ('97), "Hours" ('99), "Heathen" ('02) and "Reality" ('03) albums are released as a box set. There's also a bonus disc of rarities (like a cover of the Kinks "Waterloo Sunset"), B-sides and remixes.
Linkin Park was selling their rarities collection "Songs From The Underground" exclusively through Best Buy outlets in 2008. The limited-edition CD, previously available only to members of the LP Underground fan club, includes a live version of frontman Chester Bennington singing the Temple Of The Dog classic "Hunger Strike" with Chris Cornell.
In 2008, U2's Bono launched a joint initiative with Starbucks that called for a percentage of money raised by sales of select Starbucks drinks going toward the fight against AIDS in Africa.
In 2009, singer Al Alberts, lead vocalist of the Four Aces during their hit-making years, died of complications from renal failure at the age of 87.
In 2012, Rod Stewart scored his first #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart since "Have I Told You Lately" in 1993 when his rendition of "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" rose to the top.
In 2012, jazz/R&B guitarist/singer Mickey Baker, half of the Mickey & Sylvia duo and who played behind top R&B singers of the 1950s including Louis Jordan, the Drifters, Ike & Tina Turner, Ruth Brown, and Little Willie John, died at the age of 87.
Birthdays today include: Randy Brecker - Blood Sweat & Tears (1945), Charlie Burchill - Simple Minds (1957), Lori Barbero - Babes in Toyland (1960), Charlie Benante - Anthrax (1962), Mike Bordin - Faith No More (1962), and Twista, (a.k.a Tung Twista, born Carl Terrell Mitchell) (1973)