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1964 : The Beatles' I Want To Hold Your Hand hits #1 on the Billboard Pop Chart - their first #1 in America.
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Awards and Honors (1)

2008 : Prog rock band The Mars Volta releases their album The Bedlam in Goliath. As a promotion, the band also gives away a CD-vinyl single, a special format with an optical side readable in CD players and a vinyl side that plays on a turntable for about three minutes. Both sides contain a cover of Pink Floyd's "Candy and a Currant Bun.

The Bedlam in Goliath debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200.

Band Dynamics (2)

1978 : David Coverdale announces the formation of his new band, Whitesnake.
1979 : Emerson, Lake & Palmer disband (the first time).

Births (8)

1862 : Frederick Delius
1923 : Ivo Robic
1947 : David Byron (Uriah Heep)
1952 : Tamas Erdelyi (Tommy Ramone) - (Ramones) in Budapest, Hungary;
raised in Queens, New York.
Drummer/producer. Original member of Ramones.
Ramones SongFacts
Ramones ArtistFacts
1953 : Louis Perez (Los Lobos)
1961 : Eddie Jackson (Queensryche)
1964 : Marcus Verre (Living In A Box)
1981 : Jonny Lang

Charts (1)

1964 : The Beatles' I Want To Hold Your Hand hits #1 on the Billboard Pop Chart - their first #1 in America.

Concerts and Festivals (2)

1959 : According to Troy Shondell, Buddy Holly sees Troy's performance in Davenport, Iowa, four days before "the day the music dies".
1967 : Jimi Hendrix and The Who headline a London concert honoring Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles.

Deaths (4)

1981 : Cozy Cole
1994 : Mary Wilson (The Supremes) is injured and her son is killed in a California auto accident.
1995 : Ken Jensen (D.O.A.)
2005 : Eric Griffiths (The Quarry Men)

Debuts (1)

1728 : The Beggar's Opera by John Gay premieres in London.

Incidents (1)

1979 : 16-year-old Brenda Spencer shoots at an elementary school, killing 2 adults and injuring 9 kids. When asked why she did it, she replied, I don't like Mondays, which the Boomtown Rats used as the title for a song.

Miscellaneous (3)

1962 : Peter, Paul and Mary sign with Warner Brothers Records.
1989 : Billy Joel sings the US national anthem at Superbowl XXIII in Miami.
1997 : The Paul Simon musical The Cape Man, opens on Broadway (it lasts only 68 performances).

Recordings (3)

1964 : The Beatles record "Sie Liebt Dich" (the German version of "She Loves You")
1969 : Peggy Lee records "Is That All There Is"
1974 : Grand Funk records "The Loco-Motion" after Mark Farner comes in singing the song.
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