1952 – Ray Charles does his first session for Atlantic, cutting four songs.
1956 – Eddie Cochran signed a one year contract with Liberty Records in 1956, after recording stints with the Ekko and Crest labels.
1971 – Two generations of entertainment come together as Elvis Presley picks up the Bing Crosby Award. The award is given to recording artists who “during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic or scientific significance to the field of phonograph records.” Elvis joins an elite group of honorees. Only five had previously received the award: Bing (of course), Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Irving Berlin.
1974 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “I Shot the Sheriff,” Eric Clapton. The song is a remake of Jamaican Bob Marley’s reggae version.
1988 – Elton John clears out his closet, and ends up selling $6.2 million of costumes and concert props – including the enormous pair of boots he wore as the Pinball Wizard in Tommy – at a London auction.
1998 – Virgin Publishing releases the “1,000 Greatest Albums Of All Time.” Beatles albums take four out of the top five spots: “Revolver” tops the list, followed by “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “The Beatles” (known as the White Album), with Abbey Road at No. 5. Only Nirvana’s Nevermind” which nabs the fourth spot, breaks the Fab Four’s dominance.
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