1961, Bob Dylan appeared at The Carnegie Chapter Hall in New York City.
1963, The Beatles topped the bill at The Royal Variety Show at The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London. With the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in the audience, this was the night when John Lennon made his famous remark “In the cheaper seats you clap your hands. The rest of you, just rattle your jewelery”. The show was broadcast on UK television on the Nov 10th 1963.
1963, The night after The Rolling Stones had just come off a 30-date UK tour with The Everly Brothers, they kicked off another 50-date UK club tour at the Top Rank Ballroom in Preston.
1965, The Rolling Stones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Get Off Of My Cloud', also a No.1 in the US.
1966, The Beach Boys 'Good Vibrations', entered the UK chart, it went on to be a UK & US No.1 hit single.
1967, Pink Floyd recorded ‘Point Me At The Sky’ and ‘Careful With That Axe, Eugene’ at Abbey Road Studios, London.
1968, Cream played their final US show in Long Island.
1969, Founder member of The Ink Spots, Ivory Watson died aged 60. The group who formed in the early 1930s in Indianapolis, had the 1939 US hit ‘If I Didn't Care’, and ‘The Gypsy’ was their biggest chart success, staying at the No.1 position for 13 weeks.
1970, The Beach Boys played the first of four nights at the Whiskey A Go-Go club in LA.
1971, The Who opened up The Rainbow Finsbury Park, London, England appearing on the first of three nights.
1972, Johnny Nash started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Can See Clearly Now'.
1974, Pink Floyd played the first night on a 21 date UK tour at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1977, The Last Waltz, the movie of The Bands final concert premiered in New York. The Martin Scorsese movie also featured Joni Mitchell, Dr John, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton.
1978, Crosby Stills Nash & Young were sued by former bass player Greg Reeves for over a $1 million claiming he was owed from sales of their album 'Deja Vu'.
1978, Linda Ronstadt went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Living In The USA'.
1980, Bob Marley was baptised at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Kingston, converting to a Christian Rastafarian and taking on the new name Berhane Selassie.
1995, Radiohead appeared at the Brixton Academy, London, England.
2007, The Eagles went to No.1 on the UK album chart for the first time ever - 33 years after their debut album On the Border. This was the group's first full studio album since The Long Run in 1979.
Happy Rock-n-Roll Birthdays to...
1954, Chris Difford, Squeeze
1957, James Honeyman-Scott, Pretenders, (1980 UK No.1 single 'Brass In Pocket'). He died on 16th June 1982
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