Births (11)
Certifications and Milestones (2)
Charts (7)
| 1957 : Elvis Presley's "Too Much" hits #1 |
| 1959 : Lloyd Price's Stagger Lee hits #1 |
| 1963 : Paul and Paula's Hey Paula hits #1 |
| 1963 : Ruby and the Romantics' Our Day Will Come enters the pop charts |
| 1974 : The Love Unlimited Orchestra's "Love Theme" hits #1 |
| 1974 : Hall and Oates' She's Gone enters the pop charts |
| 1974 : Paul McCartney and Wings' Jet enters the pop charts |
Concerts and Festivals (3)
| 1966 : Liza Minnelli brings her nightclub act to New York City with a show at the Persian Room of the Plaza Hotel. |
| 1972 : Beginning a covert university tour where Paul McCartney can play to small audiences, Wings plays their first show: and unannounced concert at Nottingham University in England. |
| 1974 : The Stooges play their final concert, with an imploding Iggy Pop taunting the crowd, which responds with various projectiles. The opening act was a young band called Aerosmith. |
Deaths (3)
| 1981 : Bill Haley dies of an apparent heart attack at age 55. The first Rock Star, his fortunes faded quickly as the '50s came to an end, and the second half of his life was mired in financial problems and a struggle to regain musical relevance. |
| 1991 : Reverend James Cleveland |
| 1997 : Brian Connolly (Sweet) |
Debuts (1)
| 1979 : UB40 plays their first gig—a friend’s birthday party—at The Hare & Hounds Pub in Kings Heath, Birmingham. In October 2011, a plaque is placed outside the club to commemorate this performance when the band becomes only the 8th act to receive the Performing Rights Society’s Music Heritage Award. |
Incidents (1)
| 2008 : An oversold venue is to blame for the deaths of 10 fans and the injuries of six at a concert by Indonesian metalcore band Beside. Conflicting reports on numbers seem to confirm that the venue, meant to hold 700, was well over capacity, with perhaps as many as 1,500 people inside. The fans were killed in the crush as they tried to leave the packed venue while hundreds more were trying to force their way in. |
Legal Issues (1)
| 2001 : After being booted from the "reunion" lineup of the Eagles, guitarist and original member Don Felder files a lawsuit against the group. |
Recordings (2)
TV, Radio, Press (3)
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