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Concerts and Festivals
1959 : 17-year-old Bob Dylan (known then as Robert Zimmerman) sees Buddy Holly perform at the Duluth Armory in Minnesota. Three days later, Holly died in a plane crash. |
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Awards and Honors (1)
| 2010 : The Record Academy honors Leonard Cohen with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. During his acceptance speech, Cohen comments on his surprise at receiving a Grammy, joking that he "was always touched by the modesty of [the Recording Academy's] interest in my work." |
Births (14)
Certifications and Milestones (4)
| 1956 : Elvis Presley signs with the William Morris Agency in order to make himself available to film studios. |
| 1968 : John Fred and his Playboy Band's Judy In Disguise is certified gold |
| 1968 : The American Breed's Bend Me, Shape Me is certified gold |
| 1972 : Joan Baez' album Any Day Now is certified gold |
Charts (3)
Concerts and Festivals (6)
| 1959 : 17-year-old Bob Dylan (known then as Robert Zimmerman) sees Buddy Holly perform at the Duluth Armory in Minnesota. Three days later, Holly died in a plane crash. |
| 1963 : A seventeen-year-old Neil Young makes his stage debut at a country club in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
| 1979 : Bo Diddley opens up for punk band The Clash at the beginning of their first US tour. |
| 1985 : Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty gives his first live performance in fourteen years at the Chaplin Stage in Hollywood, CA. |
| 1993 : Michael Jackson performs with 3,500 local children at the Superbowl XXVII in Pasadena, CA. |
| 1998 : The Bruce Springsteen "Come Together" benefit concert, organized for the family of a New Jersey police officer killed in the line of duty, turns into an impromptu E Street Band reunion that also features Southside Johnny and other Jersey musicians. |
Deaths (4)
Legal Issues (1)
| 1970 : In New Orleans, the Grateful Dead are arrested for possession of LSD and barbituates, an incident which would inspire one of their most famous songs, Truckin'. (Apparently the band had fun afoul of mob interests in Texas, and the mob alerted the NOPD. This explains lines like "Houston, too close to New Orleans" and "Set up, like a bowling pin.") |
Miscellaneous (5)
Recordings (4)
TV, Radio, Press (1)
| 1969 : Bobby Darin walks off the set of The Jackie Gleason Show when he is not allowed to perform his song "Long Line Rider," which deals with prisoner abuse. |
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