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Concerts and Festivals

1963 : The Beatles end their run at The Cavern Club in Liverpool after about 300 shows.
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Awards and Honors (1)

1999 : Country legend Patsy Cline is awarded a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Band Dynamics (2)

1971 : Paul McCartney announces the formation of Wings, his first band since the breakup of the Beatles. It features ex-Moody Blues singer Denny Laine and Paul's wife Linda.
1974 : Guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter leaves Steely Dan to join The Doobie Brothers.

Births (18)

1902 : Ray Bloch
1917 : Charlie Shavers
1918 : Les Elgart
1921 : Richard Adler
1926 : On this date in 1926, Tony Bennett was born in Queens, New York. In 1962, he performed "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" for the first time, and it became his signature song.
1929 : Arthur Wood (The Climax Blues Band)
1935 : Gordon Stoker (The Jordanaires)
1936 : Kenny Hodges (Spanky and Our Gang)
1941 : Beverly Lee (The Shirelles)
1946 : John York (The Byrds)
1949 : B.B. Dickerson (War)
1951 : John Graham (Eart, Wind & Fire)
1953 : Ian Brainson (Pilot)
1961 : Randy Scruggs (The Stray Cats)
1963 : Ed Roland (Collective Soul)
1963 : James Hetfield (Metallica)
1966 : Dean Sams (Lonestar)
1985 : Holly Artnstein (The-Dream)

Certifications and Milestones (1)

1971 : Ringo Starr's It Don't Come Easy is certified gold

Charts (3)

1963 : The Tymes' "So Much In Love" hits #1
1968 : The Doors' Hello I Love You hits #1
1974 : Bad Company's Bad Company LP hits #1

Concerts and Festivals (2)

1963 : The Beatles end their run at The Cavern Club in Liverpool after about 300 shows.
1991 : Pearl Jam plays the club RKCNDY in Seattle. The show is filmed and used to create their first video - for the song "Alive." The audio from the show was used in the video, as the band hated the idea of lip-synching.

Deaths (1)

2006 : Arthur Lee (Love)

Miscellaneous (1)

1993 : Boston Ventures, the group to whom Berry Gordy had sold Motown in 1988 for $61 million, sells the label and its holdings to Dutch conglomerate Polygram for #325 million.

Recordings (1)

1966 : The Rolling Stones, Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?

Releases (2)

1963 : The Beach Boys, "Surfer Girl"
1963 : Allan Sherman, Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)

TV, Radio, Press (1)

1959 : Folk group The Kingston Trio are featured on the cover of Life magazine.
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