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1969 John Lennon records "Cold Turkey."
1968 Mary Hopkin's "Those Were The Days," produced by Paul McCartney and released on the Beatles' Apple Records, goes to #1 in the UK, knocking off "Hey Jude." It stays for six weeks before being bumped by Joe Cocker's cover of the Beatles' song "With A Little Help From My Friends."
1965 The cartoon The Beatles, starring animated versions of the Fab 4 (and soundalike voiceover artists), debuts on ABC. The show lasts three seasons.
1965 Barry McGuire's "Eve Of Destruction" hits #1, where it will stay for one week.
1964 The Temptations record "My Girl."
1961 Bob Dylan plays a show at Gerde's Folk City in New York that earns him a glowing review in the New York Times, giving him his first major media exposure.
1957 With $600 saved up from working at a gas station and doing maintenance at LSU, Buddy Guy leaves Louisiana and catches a train to Chicago, where he makes his mark in the blues.
1956 Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" becomes the first single to sell a million copies before its release.
1955 Zucchero is born Adelmo Fornaciari in Roncocesi, a small village near Reggio Emilia, Italy.
1954 Rosemary Clooney's "Hey There" hits #1 in America.
1945 Onnie McIntyre (guitarist for The Average White Band) is born in Lennoxtown, Scotland.
1943 Gary Jules Alexander (of The Association) is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1936 Delta blues musician Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes is born in Longwood, Mississippi.
1934 Henry Busse records "Hot Lips."
1933 Erik Darling (of The Weavers, The Tarries, Rooftop Singers) is born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Tour Sponsorship Introduced As Musk Company Presents Rolling Stones Tour
1981The Rolling Stones start their US tour with a concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, where they play to a crowd of 90,000. The tour is sponsored by musk maker Jovan, establishing a new paradigm for corporate involvement.
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2017 At the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers play their last concert, as Petty dies a week later. The show is the last stop on their 40th Anniversary tour.
2008 MySpace Music launches, allowing artists to upload songs to their profiles for fans to stream for free. With 5 million artist pages, MySpace is hoping to compete with iTunes, but it's hemorrhaging users to Facebook and never makes much impact as a streaming service.
1980 Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham dies at age 32 of asphyxiation from vomiting after a night of heavy drinking. The band decides to break up instead of replacing him.
1979 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita makes its debut on Broadway with Patti LuPone after a successful year on London's West End.More
1968 Will Smith is born and raised in West Philadelphia. On the playground is where he spends most of his days.
1968 No more whistling "Dixie" for University of Miami students as the school becomes the first university to ban the controversial Confederate anthem from being played at public events.More
1967 Little-known country singer Dolly Parton makes her first appearance on The Porter Wagoner Show, singing two songs from her debut album: "Dumb Blonde" and "Something Fishy." She becomes the full-time replacement for the program's longtime singer, Norma Jean. Parton stays on the show for seven years and records string of popular duet albums with Wagoner.
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