1962 – An early Beatles press call doesn’t go too well. After meeting the band members, the Daily Mirror‘s Peter Jones decides they are “a nothing group.”
1963 – The Rolling Stones perform at the Great Pop Prom at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
1964 – Two years on and things have changed for the Beatles. They’re so popular that at Cleveland’s Public Auditorium, they have to leave the stage for 15 minutes so the hysterical crowd can calm down.
1966 – John Lennon makes his first appearance away from the Beatles in the role of Private Gripweed in Richard Lester’s film ‘How I Won the War’.
1968 – Television musical series “Soul” premieres on NBC with guests Lou Rawls, Martha & the Vandellas.
1969 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Sugar, Sugar,” The Archies. Chart Toppers ranks the song as the No. 1 single of the year.
1974 – In an onstage accident in Denver, Uriah Heep’s Gary Thain is nearly electrocuted. Fortunately, the bassist survives.
1978 – Bob Dylan gives his never-ending tour a dry run. He kicks off the 62-date American leg of his Street Legal world tour in Augusta, Maine, today.
1982 – Queen performs at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, in what turns out to be their last U.S. concert.
2003 – Country legend Johnny Cash is buried next to his wife June Carter Cash in Hendersonville, Tenn.
2004 – Johnny Ramone, guitarist in New York City punk rock pioneers the Ramones, dies at home in Los Angeles, California.
2008 – Associated Press – LONDON – Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died today… this day in rock! He was 65.
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