1923 Country musician Hank Williams is born Hiram King Williams in Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama.
1939 Frank Sinatra recorded “All or Nothing at All” with the Harry James Orchestra for Columbia Records.
1960 The Everly Brothers record “Walk Right Back.”
1962 The Beatles played at The Queen’s Hall, Widnes, Cheshire. Also on the bill, Billy Kramer and the Coasters, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and Sonny Kaye and the Reds.
1964 Rolling Stones played at the ABC Theatre in Carlisle, England
1964 The Beatles played at the Municipal Stadium in Kansas City.
1967 Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Chicken Shack & Long John Baldry played at the Saville Theatre in London
1967 The Doors appeared on Ed Sullivan’s Sunday-night variety program
1976 Ringo Starr released “Ringo’s Rotogravure.”
1976 The Sex Pistols played a gig for the inmates at Chelmsford Prison, Essex in England.
1978 The video for Queen’s single “Bicycle Race” was filmed at Wimbledon Stadium in south London
1968 The Supremes record “Love Child.”
1974 Bob Dylan records “Shelter From the Storm” and “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go.”
1978 Queen stage a bicycle race with 65 naked models at Wimbledon stadium in England to provide the video and cover art for their “Bicycle Race” single.
1983 Howard Jones’ debut single, “New Song,” is released in the UK, where it will go on to chart at #3.
1984 Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark played Colston Hall, Bristol, England.
1984 “Missing You” by John Waite hits #1 in America.
1991 Hole release their debut album Pretty on th Inside
1996 Tool release their second album, Anima
1997 Fleetwood Mac begin their first tour in 20 years at the Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut
2002 Kelly Clarkson’s first single “Before Your Love/A Moment Like This” was released.
2011 Adele went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Someone Like You.”
2014 Country music star George Hamilton IV died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 77.
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