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1963 The Beach Boys release "Be True To Your School," featuring part of the Hawthorne High fight song, where the Wilson brothers went to school.
1962 The songwriting team of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwhich team up for real, marrying in New York City. The couple divorce in 1965, but keep working together.
1962 At the Pandora's Box coffee shop in Los Angeles, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys meets his first wife, Marilyn Rovell, making an impression when he spills her hot chocolate. They are married from 1964 to 1979.
1961 Construction begins on Shea Stadium in New York City, musically significant as the location of the first stadium rock concert in America: The Beatles in 1965.
1958 William Reid (guitarist for The Jesus and Mary Chain) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
1958 Buddy Holly makes what will be his last major television appearance, lip-synching "It's So Easy" and "Heartbeat" on American Bandstand.
1957 New Order drummer Stephen Morris is born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.
1956 Elvis Presley makes his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Unlike the first appearance, Sullivan himself is hosting. Elvis sings "Don't Be Cruel," "Love Me Tender," "Hound Dog" and "Love Me," and Ed presents Presley with a Gold record for "Love Me Tender."
1950 Patti Page's "All My Love" hits #1 in America.
1948 Telma Hopkins (of Tony Orlando & Dawn) is born in Louisville, Kentucky. Also a popular actress, her best-known role is Rachel Crawford on the '90s sitcom Family Matters.
1948 Rickie Lee Reynolds (guitarist for Black Oak Arkansas) is born in Manilan, Arkansas.
1948 In St. Louis, Missouri, Chuck Berry marries Themetta "Toddy" Suggs. They remain married until Berry's death in 2017.
1947 George Glover (keyboardist for Climax Blues Band) is born in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
1945 Wayne Fontana (lead singer for The Mindbenders) is born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis in Manchester, Lancashire, England. His stage name comes from Elvis Presley's drummer, D.J. Fontana.
1941 Hank Marvin (lead guitarist for The Shadows) is born Brian Robson Rankin in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He becomes interested in guitar after hearing Buddy Holly play.
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2014 At their regular haunt - the Beacon Theater in New York City - The Allman Brothers Band play their final show, a four-hour set that goes past midnight, ending on the anniversary of Duane Allman's death.
2004 Rod Stewart's Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 3 is #1 on the Billboard 200, marking the first time the singer reached the top of the albums chart since 1979's Blondes Have More Fun.
2004 Eminem gets his own radio channel on Sirius satellite radio. He launches the Shade 45 channel with a gathering called the Shady National Convention, which also promotes his album Encore.
1999 Performing at the Adams Mark hotel in Dallas, Kenny Rogers throws a frisbee that hits a chandelier. The broken glass hits audience member Kevin O'Toole, who claims that it leaves his face scarred and ruins his sex life. Both he and his wife sue Rogers, claiming the singer "deprived her of the services, love and guidance of her husband."
1997 Bill Berry leaves R.E.M. after 17 years as drummer to tend a hay farm in Georgia. He occasionally joins his old band for reunion gigs, but mostly stays out of the limelight.
1977 At the Old Waldorf in San Francisco, Steve Perry makes his debut with Journey. The band formed four years earlier and has been playing mostly progressive rock, but with Perry at the helm they make stadium-friendly pop songs and become one of the biggest bands in the land.
1972 Brad Paisley is born in Glen Dale, West Virginia. His first hit is as a songwriter, penning David Kersh's Top 5 country ballad "Another You."
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