In 1962, The Shirelles were presented with a gold record for "Soldier Boy", a song that was recorded in one take and originally intended as an album filler. It was the second million seller for them, following their first number one hit, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow". The girls would later find the US Top 10 again with "Dedicated to the One I Love", "Mama Said", "Baby It's You" and "Foolish Little Girl".
Buffalo Springfield performed their final concert in Long Beach, California in 1968.
The late Johnnie Taylor ("Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone") was born in 1937.
Michael Murphey ("Wildfire") turns 70.
In 1986, Cleveland was named as the site for the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Museum.
Carnegie Hall opened its doors for its first public performance in 1891.
Today in 1979, the song "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks.
At Tampa Stadium in Florida in 1973, 56,800 Led Zeppelin fans see Led Zeppelin. The band grosses $309,000. At the time the show set a record for the largest paying crowd at an American rock concert.
The Rev. Gary Davis, who taught Ry Cooder to play guitar and can count Bob Dylan among his disciples, died in Hammonton, NJ in 1972. Although considered a legendary guitarist, he spent most of his time preaching and playing on Harlem, N.Y., street corners.
Scott McKenzie released the come-one, come-all hippie anthem, "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" in 1967.
Ian McCulloch, the singer we always thought was Echo in Echo & the Bunnymen, was born in Liverpool, England in 1959. Echo was actually the nickname for the drum machine.
In 1956, Elvis Presley's album, simply titled "Elvis," became the first rock record to top the albums chart.
The First Lady of Country Music, Tammy Wynette, was born Virginia Wynette Pugh in Itawamba County, Mississippi in 1942.
Philosopher of Soul Johnnie Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Ark in 1938. He became Sam Cooke's successor in the Soul Stirrers and went to No. 1 in 1976 with "Disco Lady," the first single to be certified platinum.
If you like the blues, then you'll be pleased to learn that today is Blind Willie McTell's birthday. The blues guitar genius is born in Thomson, Georgia in 1901.
Legendary songwriter and early Rock ‘n’ Roll linchpin Otis Blackwell died in 2002. Blackwell’s creations include Elvis hits “Don’t Be Cruel” and “All Shook Up” and Jerry Lee’s blazing “Great Balls of Fire.”
The Billboard, a magazine for the music and entertainment industries, began weekly publication after six years as a monthly in 1900. By midyear it was calling itself "The Official Organ of the Great Out-Door Amusement World."
Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" was released in the US in 1969, where it will reach #2.
The one thousandth edition of Britain's music show, Top of the Pops was broadcasted on BBC-TV in 1983.
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