1958, Johnny Cash, made his debut on the US country chart when ’Cry! Cry! Cry!’ made it to number 14. His next seven singles would all make the country top 10, with ‘I Walk the Line’ and ‘There You Go’ both hitting number 1.
1962, The Beatles recorded their second single ‘Please Please Me’ in 18 takes and ‘Ask Me Why’ for the flip side at EMI studio’s London.
1967, The promotional film of The Beatles 'Hello, Goodbye' was aired on The Ed Sullivan show in the US.
1967, During a UK tour Jimi Hendrix Pink Floyd, The Move, Nice and Amen Corner all appeared at The Palace Theatre in Manchester, playing two shows in one evening.
1968, Cream played their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Also on the bill were Yes and Taste.
1969, Pink Floyd and Mouseproof appeared at The Civic Hall, Dunstable, England, tickets 14 shillings, ($1.68).
1973, John Rostill former bassist with The Shadows died after being electrocuted at his home recording studio. A local newspaper ran the headline, 'Pop musician dies, guitar apparent cause'. After the break up of The Shadows Rostill worked with Tom Jones and wrote songs covered by Elvis Presley and Olivia Newton-John.
1973, The New York Dolls made their live UK debut at Biba's Rainbow Room, London.
1975, During a UK tour Captain Beefheart appeared live at Brunel University, Middlesex, England, tickets cost £1.20.
1975, During a UK tour Queen played two shows at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester.
1977, Blondie played the first night of a 28 date (and their first tour of Australia) at the Concert Hall, Perth with support from The Ferrets.
1983, David Bowie played the last night of his 10-date Serious Moonlight tour of Australia and New Zealand at West Springs Stadium, Auckland.
1988, Russian cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 7 took into space a cassette copy (minus the cassette box for weight reasons) of the latest Pink Floyd album Delicate Sound Of Thunder and played it in orbit, making Pink Floyd the first rock band to be played in space. David Gilmour and Nick Mason both attended the launch of the spacecraft.
1989, The Rolling Stones played a concert at Death Valley Stadium in Clenson, South Carolina to help raise money for the victims of Hurricane Hugo.
1994, The Eagles started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Hell Freezes Over.'
1995, Alice In Chains were at No.1 on the US album chart with their self-titled album.
2000, The Beatles went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Beatles 1.'
Happy Rock-n-Roll Birthdays to...
1939, Tina Turner, (Annie Mae Bullock)
1944, Jean Terrell, The Supremes
1944, Alan Henderson, Them
1945, John McVie, Fleetwood Mac
1946, Burt Reiter, Focus
1964, Adam Gaynor, Matchbox 20
1970, Ron Jones, Flaming Lips
1984, Benjamin Wysocki, The Fray
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