1958 - Buddy Holly started a 43 date tour in Brooklyn, NY at the Alan Freed Big Beat Show. Also on the bill were Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon, The Diamonds, Billy Ford, Danny & The Juniors, The Chantels, Larry Williams, Screaming Jay Hawkins, The Pastels, Jo-Ann Campbell and Ed Townsend.
1964 - The Beatles became the first pop stars to have figures in Madame Tussauds in London.
1964 - Radio Caroline, the first of the pirate radio stations, began broadcasting from a Danish Ferry in the North Sea off of England.
1969 - Joe Cocker played his first U.S. concert.
1974 - The Raspberries broke up.
1975 - Barbra Streisand offered the lead role in A Star Is Born to Elvis Presley. He ends up asking for too much money.
1976 - Status Quo's Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt and Alan Lancaster were arrested in the Vienna Airport.
1976 - Genesis began their first North American Tour without Peter Gabriel.
1980 - Tom T. Hall rejoined the Grand Ole Opry.
1982 - David Crosby was in an auto accident on the San Diego Highway and, during the investigation, police found cocaine and a pistol in the car.
1984 - Mick Fleetwood filed for bankruptcy.
1987 - The Doobie Brothers moved a show from Phoenix to Las Vegas after hearing that the Arizona governor was not honoring Martin Luther King Day.
1992 - Ozzy Osbourne caused over $100,000 in damage to the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in California when he invited the first two rows on stage and many more join them.
1996 - Phil Collins announced he was leaving Genesis for his solo career.
1998 - Paul Simon's The Capeman closed on Broadway.
2000 - Jimmy Page won a libel case against Ministry magazine after they stated that the guitarist had contributed to the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham.
2001 - Sean Combs/Puffy/Puff Daddy announced he was changing his name to P. Diddy.
2005 - U2 kicked off their Vertigo tour.
2006 - Whitney Houston's sister-in-law, Tina Brown, sold photos to the National Enquirer of Houston's bathroom that reportedly showed drugs and drug paraphanalia.
2006 - The Pixies documentary loudQuietloud premiered at SXSW.
2011 - Rick Ross was arrested for marijuana possession in Shreveport, LA.
2014 - Tickets for Kate Bush's comeback concerts sold out in fifteen mintues
Marriages
1948 - Nat King Cole and Maria Hawkins
1957 - Billie Holiday and Louis McKay
Divorces
1995 - Lyle Lovett & Julia Roberts (separated)
Recorded
1950 - I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow
1958 - Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
1960 - I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee
1966 - Green Grass - Gary Lewis & the Playboys
1967 - Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
1972 - Burning Love - Elvis Presley
Released
1956 - In the Still of the Night - Five Satins (single, on original Standard Label)
1970 - Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (single)
1973 - Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
1981 - I Saw Her Standing There - Elton John (single, tribute to John Lennon)
1994 - The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
1995 - A.M. - Wilco (debut album)
Broadcasts
1978 - The Muppet Show (Syn) - Alice Cooper
1985 - The Cosby Show (NBC) - Alicia Cook (later to be known as Alicia Keys)
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1981 - Rapture - Blondie (2 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
2009 - All I Ever Wanted - Kelly Clarkson (2 weeks)
2015 - Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1 (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
1992 - Save the Best For Last - Vanessa Williams (3 weeks)
1998 - Let's Ride - Montel Jordan Featuring Master P and Sikk the Shocker
Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles
1981 - Texas Women - Hank Williams, Jr. (1 week)
1987 - Small Town Girl - Steve Wariner (1 week)
1992 - Is There Life Out There - Reba McEntire (2 weeks)
2009 - It Won't Be Like This For Long - Darius Rucker (3 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Adult Contemporary Singles
1964 - Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong (9 weeks)
1992 - Save the Best For Last - Vanessa Williams (3 weeks)
Number Ones – U.K. Singles
1970 - Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel (3 weeks)
1981 - This Ole' House - Shakin' Stevens (3 weeks)
1987 - Respectable - Mel & Kim (1 week)
2009 - Poker Face - Lady Gaga (3 week)
Number Ones – U.K. Albums
1998 - Let's Talk About Love - Celine Dion (1 week)
2009 - Songs For My Mother - Ronan Keating (2 weeks)
2015 - To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar (1 week)
Birthdays
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