1940 Dewey Martin (drummer for Buffalo Springfield) is born Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff in Chesterville, Ontario, Canada.
1941 The Larry Clinton Orchestra records “That Solid Old Man.”
1947 Marc Bolan (frontman for T. Rex) is born Mark Feld in Stoke Newington, London, England.
1955 James Dean was killed in a car accident at age 24.
1957 The Louis Armstrong album Louis Armstrong Plays King Oliver is recorded at Radio Recorders
studio in Hollywood, marking the first stereo album recorded in America.
1960 The Beatles performed at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany.
1964 The Who appeared at the Town Hall, Greenwich, South London.
1965 Elvis Presley meets Tom Jones for the first time, on the set of the King’s Paradise, Hawaiian Style movie
1965 Donovan appears on US television for the first time when he shows up on Shindig.
1967 Pink Floyd appeared at the Skyline Club in Hull north east England.
1971 Rick Wakeman made his live debut with Yes at The De Montford Hall, Leicester
1974 Police were called to a Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Öyster Cult concert after a fight broke out between two sound engineers
1982 Bruce Springsteen releases Nebraska, an album made up of tunes Bruce recorded on a 4-track tape machine in his home studio.
1984 Kiss kicked off a 14-date UK tour at the Brighton Centre
1988 John Lennon is awarded a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine St.
1988 Neil Young played “Rockin’ In the Free World” as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
1997 Patty Loveless releases Long Stretch of Lonesome.
1997 Randy Travis becomes the first artist to ink a deal with DreamWorks Records Nashville
2002 Pianist Ellis Larkins dies of pneumonia at age 79.
2002 The Rolling Stones released Forty Licks.
2011 Pearl Jam wrap up a week-long tribute to Pink Floyd on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with a performance of “Mother.”
2012 Faith Hill becomes the first country artist to debut a song on Twitter when she posts “American Heart.”
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