1959, Fifteen Elvis Presley fans were arrested in Germany after marching through the streets of Leipzig shouting "Long live Elvis Presley" and making unkind remarks about German music.
1961, Phil Spector and partner Lester Sill released the first single on their new label Philles, The Crystals’, ‘Oh Yeah Maybe Baby.’ A little over a year later, they had a No.1 hit with ‘He’s a Rebel,’ and soon after, ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ and ‘Then He Kissed Me.’
1965, The McCoys were at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Hang On Sloopy.' The song was first released by The Vibrations and called 'My Girl Sloopy'.
1971, Rod Stewart started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Maggie May / Reason To Believe', his first solo No.1. Stewarts album 'Every Picture Tells A Story' also started a four-week run on this day at No.1 on the UK and US chart.
1971, John Lennon's 'Imagine' LP entered the US album chart, where it will reach No.3.
1977, After an unsuccessful attempt was made to rob the grave of Elvis Presley, both Elvis and his mother Gladys were moved from the cemetery where they were buried to Graceland.
1979, The Buzzcocks kicked off a 25-date UK tour at the Mountford Hall, Liverpool, England.
1982, Dire Straits started a four-week run at No.1 on UK the album charts with 'Love Over Gold'.
1982, Peter Gabriel and Steve Hacket joined their former band mates in Genesis for a one-time benefit performance at The Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire, England to help raise money for Gabriel's WOMAD project (World of Music, Arts and Dance).
1983, Singer Bonnie Tyler was at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Jim Steinman written and produced track 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'. It made her the only Welsh artist to score a US No.1.
1995, Oasis released their second album '(What's The Story), Morning Glory', which entered the UK chart at No.1.
1996, A Pearl Jam show in Hartford Connecticut ended in a riot when mass fighting broke out among the 30,000 strong crowds.
1998, America's singing cowboy Gene Autry died aged 91. During his career he scored 25 successive Top 10 Country hits. In 1995 it was estimated he was worth $320 million.
2001, Actor Kevin Spacey hosts Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Performers include, Alanis Morissette, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots and the Dave Mathews Band. The evening was closed with those present singing 'Give Peace A Chance'.
Happy Rock-n-Roll Birthdays to...
1945, Don McLean, US singer, songwriter.
1950, Mike Rutherford, guitar, Genesis, Mike And The Mechanics.
1951, Sting, (Gordon Sumner), singer, songwriter, The Police.
1955, Phil Oakey vocals, Human League.
1956, Freddie Jackson, US soul singer.
1961, Robbie Nevil, singer.
1971, Tiffany, US singer.
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