In 1955, Elvis Presley appeared at the New Boston High School Football Field in Texas.
In 1957, Elvis Presley had his custom built 'Music Gates' installed at Gracelands. The gates were designed by Abe Saucer and custom built by John Dillars Jr, of Memphis Doors inc.
On this day in 1958, "Witch Doctor" by David Seville was the #1 song.
In 1964, in the UK, the President of the National Federation Of Hairdressers offered a free haircut to the next group to reach the top of the Pop chart. He was quoted as saying 'The Rolling Stones are the worst, one of them looks as if he's got a feather duster on his head.'
In 1965, in Hollywood, Frank Sinatra recorded "It Was A Very Good Year."
In 1965, the Beatles were at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Ticket To Ride." Taken from the film 'Help!,' it was the group's seventh UK #1.
In 1966, the career of young Bruce Springsteen got a boost when his band the Castiles was one of the three winners in a battle of the bands contest at a roller rink in Matawan, New Jersey. The prize for all three top finishing bands was the opportunity to open for the Crystals and the Ad-Libs at the following week's show.
In 1967, in the most popular Monkee poll conducted in the music paper Disc & Music Echo, Davy Jones received 63% of the votes, Mickey Dolenz 22%, Peter Tork 8% and Mike Nesmith 7%.
In 1968, trumpeter Herb Alpert sang "This Guy's In Love With You" on his CBS-TV special. The Burt Bacharach / Hal David composition would rise to the top of the US chart, where it stayed for four weeks. It reached #3 in the UK.
In 1968, Country Music Hall of Famer Steve Sholes, the prominent recording executive for RCA Victor who was responsible for recruiting Chet Atkins, Eddy Arnold, the Browns, Hank Locklin, Homer and Jethro, Hank Snow, Jim Reeves, Pee Wee King and Elvis Presley, died after a heart attack at the age of 57.
In 1969, the Carpenters signed with A&M Records, where they will have twenty Billboard Top 40 hits.
In 1969, the Who give their first complete live performance of the rock opera 'Tommy' at a show in Dolton, England.
In 1969, Fleetwood Mac kicked off a 10-date UK tour at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Also on the bill, BB King, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee and Duster Bennett.
In 1970, "The Johnny Cash Show" on ABC-TV featured guests Lynn Anderson and Burl Ives.
In 1972, Deep Purple scored their second UK #1 album with 'Machine Head.'
In 1974, Tina Turner started filming her role as the Acid Queen in the Who's movie "Tommy."
In 1976, Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" became the first single to sell over 2 million copies.
In 1978, Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica. It was Marley's first public appearance in Jamaica since being wounded in an assassination attempt a year and a half earlier.
In 1979, in Oshawa, Ontario, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards played two concerts for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, an act of court-ordered community service by Richards, who had been arrested for heroin possession in Toronto two years earlier. Richards' band, the New Barbarians, featured Stones guitarist Ron Wood, bass player Stanley Clarke, Ian McLagan on keyboards and drummer Ziggy Modeliste.
In 1981, two days after being released from a St. Paul, Minnesota hospital following a month-long treatment for bleeding ulcers, Eric Clapton is involved in a car accident and is hospitalized in Seattle, Washington, suffering bruised ribs and a lacerated shin.
In 1983, jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines died after a heart attack at age 79.
In 1989, Guns N' Roses released "Patience."
In 1989, Madonna started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "Like A Prayer," the singers seventh US #1, also a #1 in the UK.
In 1991, the Dave Matthews Band played their first ever-live show when they appeared at The Earth Day festival in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In 1993, the rock opera musical "The Who's Tommy," starring Michael Cerveris in his Broadway debut, opened at New York's St. James Theatre for 899 performances.
In 2003, songwriter Felice Bryant died of cancer. Along with her husband Boudleaux, she wrote The Everly Brothers hits, "Bye Bye Love", "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and "Wake Up Little Susie." Other acts to record their songs include Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Tony Bennett, Simon And Garfunkel, Sarah Vaughan, the Grateful Dead, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, Count Basie, Dean Martin, Ruth Brown, Cher, R.E.M. and Ray Charles.
In 2008, it was revealed that 60's singer Tommy Steele took Elvis Presley on a secret tour of London in 1958 after Presley struck up a friendship with Steele. When the rock legend flew into London for a day, Steele apparently took him round the city, showing him famous landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament. For more than 50 years, Presley fans had believed the only time Elvis ever set foot in the UK was during a stop-over at Prestwick Airport in Scotland in March 1960.
In 2008, Paul Davis, who placed eight songs on the Billboard Top 40 Pop chart, including "I Go Crazy" (#7 in 1977), and "65 Love Affair" (#6 in 1982), suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 60. After his Pop career was over, Davis topped the Country chart with "You're Still New to Me", a duet with Marie Osmond in 1986 and "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" with Paul Overstreet and Tanya Tucker in 1987.
In 2013, Richie Havens, who rose to fame as the opening act at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, died following a heart attack at the age of 72. During his lengthy career he scored just one Billboard Top 40 hit, a cover of George Harrison's "Here Comes The Sun", which reached #16 in 1971.
