1935 Thirteen-year-old Judy Garland signs with MGM and goes on to star in a number of hit films, including Meet Me in St. Louis, Easter Parade, and The Wizard of Oz.
1949 “That Lucky Old Sun” by Frankie Laine hits #1 in America
1960 The Beatles performed at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany.
1962 Barbra Streisand signs with Columbia Records.
1964 The Beatles’ first film, A Hard Day’s Night, becomes the first movie to debut behind the “Iron Curtain” of Communist countries when it is shown in Prague.
1965 Bob Dylan appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York City
1966 Jimi Hendrix appeared live for the first time in the UK when he jammed with Cream at their gig at London Polytechnic.
1967 Thieves broke into Mick Jagger’s London flat in England and stole jewelry and furs belonging to his then girlfriend Marianne Faithfull.
1969 The Beatles release Abbey Road in the US.
1970 Jimi Hendrix is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Seattle. His headstone reads: “Forever In Our Hearts, James ‘Jimi’ Hendrix 1942 – 1970.”
1970 Janis Joplin makes her last recordings, singing “Mercedes Benz,” which is included on her posthumous Pearl album a capella. She dies three days later.
1971 John Lennon’s album Imagine is certified Gold.
1980 The Paul Simon film, One Trick Pony, premiered
1984 Elvis Costello and the Attractions played at London Hammersmith Palais.
1985 R.E.M. appeared at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland.
1985 Madonna makes her acting debut in the low-budget independent film A Certain Sacrifice
1987 Def Leppard played at Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, New York.
1987 Soundgarden release their first EP, Screaming Life, on Sub Pop Records.
1996 A collection of live Nirvana performances is released on the album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah.
1997 Robbie Williams performed at Norwich UEA, England
2002 Good Charlotte release their second album, The Young and the Hopeless.
2002 The White Stripes play a free show in New York’s Union Square Park
2004 Bruce Palmer (bassist for Buffalo Springfield) dies of a heart attack in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, at age 58.
2015 An original tape of The Beatles performing at The Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1962 was found after 50 years languishing in a desk drawer
2018 The French singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour dies at 94
2019 American blues guitarist Beverly Watkins died at age 80. She worked with artists like James Brown, B.B. King, and Ray Charles.