Sam Phillips, the producer who discovered Elvis, was born in Florence, Ala in 1923. With his Sun Records label, he also brought to the world's attention the talents of Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, B.B. King, and Howlin' Wolf.
In 1959, "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" becomes the last release from Buddy Holly before his death.
The late Wilbert Harrison ("Kansas City") was born in 1929.
Sonny Bono ("I Got You Babe" with then-wife Cher) died in a skiing accident in South Lake Tahoe, California, in 1998.
Michael Stipe (R.E.M.'s lead singer) was born in 1959.
Today the song "Please Don't Go" by K. C. & the Sunshine Band topped the charts and stayed there for a week. (1980) It was the first number one song of the eighties and the band’s fifth and final U.S. chart topper.
Today in 1991, the song "Justify My Love" by Madonna topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks.
The Blues Brothers top the American album charts in 1979 with Briefcase Full of Blues. The album goes on to sell two million copies.
The No. 1 album in the country today in 1974 was The Carpenters' The Singles 1969 - 1973.
In 1954, Elvis Presley cut a 10-minute long demo tape at Memphis Recording Studio.
In 1962, The Beatles released their single "My Bonnie." When a fan in Liverpool asks record shop owner Brian Epstein for the single, Epstein further investigates the Fab Four and has his life changed: he becomes the band’s manager.
Prince made his solo performance debut in Minneapolis, MN in 1978.
In 2005, Doors’ manager Danny Sugarman passed away at age 50. Involved with the band since 1967, Sugarman, co-author (with Jerry Hopkins) of the Jim Morrison tome No One Here Gets Out Alive, had been fighting brain cancer for several years.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" goes Gold just nine months after its release in 1968.
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