In 1957, the Diamonds were the guest performers on ABC-TV's "American Bandstand."
In 1958, at the Atlantic Studios in New York City, Bobby Darin recorded "Plain Jane."
In 1960, Billboard magazine reported the release of five "answer records" responding to Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome To-night?"– four versions of "Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight" and one "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight."
In 1962, at Audio Recorders of Arizona in Phoenix, Duane Eddy recorded "Boss Guitar" and "The Desert Rat"
In 1964, Lorne Green becomes the second Canadian solo artist (after Paul Anka) to have a number one hit on the Billboard singles chart when his spoken word recording about a Western gun fighter named Ringo reached the top. It made it to #22 in the UK. The star of NBC-TV's hit show Bonanza would record seven albums for RCA.
In 1964, RCA announces that "Elvis' Christmas Album" has sold over 800,000 copies since being released in 1957.
In 1964, the Zombies' debut single "She's Not There" tops the Cashbox Best Sellers chart. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 in the UK.
In 1965, the Beatles played what turned out to be their last hometown show at the Liverpool Empire Theatre during their final UK tour. There were 40,000 applications for the 5,100 available tickets.
In 1965, on the last night of their 37-date North American tour, the Rolling Stones played two shows at the Convention Hall in San Diego.
In 1965, Martha & the Vandellas performed "Dancing In The Street" and Tom Jones sang "Thunderball" on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show."
In 1966, Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston released the single "It Takes Two."
Also in 1968, Graham Nash quit the Hollies. He announced the formation of Crosby, Stills and Nash three days later.
In 1969, Peter Grant, manager of Led Zeppelin, stops Atlantic Records from releasing Whole Lotta Love as a single in the U.K. because they want to cut out the center section of the song.
In 1975, Fleetwood Mac's tenth album goes Gold and will eventually reach Platinum status. This is the first LP by the regrouped band, including founders Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, veteran Christine McVie and newcomers Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. The album contains the tunes "Rhiannon", "Say You Love Me" and "Over My Head".
In 1980, just three days before John Lennon was murdered, he called his Aunt Mimi to say he was homesick and was planning a trip back to England.
Also in 1980, John Lennon gave his final interview to Jonathan Cott of Rolling Stone.
In 1992, Whitney Houston started a 10-week run at #1 on the UK singles chart with “I Will Always Love You.” The longest-ever run at #1 for a female artist the Dolly Parton-penned song was taken from the Bodyguard soundtrack.
In 1993, co-founder of the Gin Blossoms Doug Hopkins died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds at age 32. The guitarist and songwriter was in a detox unit of Phoenix’s St. Luke’s Hospital when he snuck out and bought a .38 caliber pistol. The next day Hopkins committed suicide.
In 1996, country music singer/songwriter/Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer Wilf Carter, also known as "Montana Slim," died at age 91.
In 2001, Don Henley and David Crosby helped raise $300,000 for children of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by headlining a concert in Lowell, Mass. US Rep. Martin Meehan organized the benefit to help children of his district pay for future education expenses.
In 2004, Billy Maybray, bassist / drummer / vocalist for the Jaggerz, died of cancer at the age of 60. Billy played drums on the band's 1970, Billboard #2 hit, "The Rapper" and wrote and sang their debut single, "Baby I Love You".
In 2006, Beatles lyrics handwritten by Sir Paul McCartney to an early version of “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” sold for $192,000 at an auction in New York. A guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix fetched $168,000, a notebook containing lyrics written by Bob Marley sold for $72,000 and a poem penned by Doors frontman Jim Morrison made $49,000 at the Christie's sale.
In 2008, the iTunes Music Store reached a new sales plateau of 300 million applications downloaded.
In 2012, jazz pianist/composer Dave Brubeck died of heart failure at age 91.
