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TV, Radio, Press
1956 : Elvis Presley sings Hound Dog on NBC-TV's Steve Allen Show while dressed in a tuxedo and singing to a basset hound. The family-friendly show didn't want him shaking his legendary pelvis. |
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Births (9)
| 1930 : Bobby Day |
| 1939 : Delaney Bramlett (Delaney & Bonnie) |
| 1942 : Andrae Crouch |
| 1945 : Deborah Ann Harry (Blondie) in Miami, Florida; raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey; Singer |
| 1948 : John Ford (The Strawbs) |
| 1951 : Fred Schneider (The B-52's) |
| 1952 : Dan Aykroyd (The Blues Brothers) |
| 1963 : Roddy Bottum (Faith No More) |
| 1971 : Missy Elliott |
Certifications and Milestones (2)
| 1971 : Jethro Tull's Aqualung is certified gold. |
| 2009 : Further to Michael Jackson's death the previous week, he becomes the first act to sell more than 1 million song downloads in a week. |
Charts (2)
| 1967 : Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit enters the Billboard singles chart. |
| 2009 : Further to Michael Jackson's death a few days earlier, the entire top nine positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart houses Jackson-related titles. |
Concerts and Festivals (1)
| 2008 : Crüe Fest kicks off in West Palm Beach, Florida. The tour features Mötley Crüe, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:A.M., and Trapt. The tour will go on to earn $40 million. |
Deaths (8)
Incidents (2)
| 1969 : John Lennon receives 17 facial stitches, and Yoko Ono gets 14 of her own, after a car crash in Scotland. |
| 2008 : Gym Class Heroes' lead singer Travis McCoy assaults a fan who shouted out a racial slur just as their set finished during the Warped Tour in St. Louis. |
Legal Issues (1)
| 1976 : Connie Francis receives a $2.5 million judgement against the motel in which she was sexually assaulted two years earlier. |
Marriages and Breakups (1)
Miscellaneous (3)
| 1969 : Sam Phillips sells the legendary Sun Records studio in Memphis. |
| 1973 : Jesus Christ Superstar closes after its 720th Broadway performance. |
| 2008 : Live Nation continue their pursuit of music industry domination by preparing to roll out their own ticketing venture. |
Releases (3)
TV, Radio, Press (1)
| 1956 : Elvis Presley sings Hound Dog on NBC-TV's Steve Allen Show while dressed in a tuxedo and singing to a basset hound. The family-friendly show didn't want him shaking his legendary pelvis. |
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