1955: Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher married.
1956: The city of Tupelo, Mississippi declared Elvis Presley Day in honor of its native son.
1957: The Monotones recorded "Book of Love".
1957: The classic musical West Side Story opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.
1961: Bob Dylan opened for the Greenbriar Boys at Gerde's Folk Club in New York's Greenwich Village.
1964: The British continued to come over in waves. On this date, we first heard a new British band, the Kinks, on their first single release "You Really Got Me".
1965: Queen Elizabeth II awarded the Beatles with the Order of the British Empire.
1968: Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones was arrested for possession of marijuana.
1969: The Beatles released the album Abbey Road, the last album they recorded as a group.
1969: Rock promoter Bill Graham opened The Fillmore West in San Francisco, California.
1970: Tamla-Motown Records released news that the Jackson 5 had sold 10 million singles worldwide in nine months since their debut, officially a world record.
1970: Pink Floyd performed at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened in theaters. Movie-going would never be the same.
1976: Marvin Gaye performed at the London Palladium.
1979: The Clash released the single "I Fought the Law", their remake of the Bobby Fuller Four hit.
1980: U2 had a concert in the Cedar Ballroom in Birmingham, England.
1981: Bruce Dickinson became the lead singer of Iron Maiden.
1981: Genesis moved to #1 on the U.K. album chart with Abacab.
1994: Paul Anka received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1984: Prince released the single "Purple Rain".
1989: Paul McCartney played several Lennon/McCartney songs live for the first time as a solo artist at the Drammenshallen in Dramen, Norway.
1992: Paul Simon, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Jimmy Buffett performed at a concert in Miami, Florida to raise money for victims of Hurricane Andrew.
1992: Belinda Carlisle owned the top U.K. album with The Best of Belina Carlisle, Volume 1.
1996: Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead unveiled his new line of awesome ties at an art gallery in New York City.
1997: The initial 300,000 units of Elton John's single "Candle in the Wind 1997" sold out in Japan on the first day of release.
1998: Prince slipped and pulled a ligament onstage in Atlantic City, New Jersey, forcing a postponement of the remainder of his U.S. tour.
1998: Melanie B rose to #1 with her solo hit "I Want You Back".
1999: Kenny Rogers put his 360-acre Beaver Dam Farms estate in Georgia up for auction.
1999: The Dixie Chicks landed at #1 on the album chart with Fly.
2003: Robert Palmer, solo star and lead singer with Power Station, died of a heart attack at the age of 54 in Paris, France.
2004: Green Day ruled the U.K. album chart with American Idiot.
2007: A charity group set up by Shakira raised $40 million to help victims of recent natural disasters.
Born This Day:
1925: Marty Robbins ("El Paso") was born in Glendale, Arizona.
1926: Julie London ("Cry Me a River") was born in Santa Rosa, California; died October 18, 2000.
1931: George Chambers of the Chambers Brothers ("Time Has Come Today") was born in Flora, Mississippi.
1941: Joseph Bauer, drummer of the Youngbloods, was born in Memphis, Tennessee.
1943: Georgie Fame ("The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" from 1968) was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England.
1945: Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music was born in Washington, England.
1947: Lynn Anderson, who gave us the great song "Rose Garden", was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
1948: Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England.
1951: Stuart Tosh of the Alan Parsons Project who also toured with 10cc and Pilot ("Magic" from 1975) was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.
1954: Ace guitarist Craig Chaquico of Jefferson Starship and later Cusco
1954: Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos was born in Hermosillo, Mexico.
1962: Tracey Thorn of Everything But the Girl was born in Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
1965: Cindy Herron of En Vogue was born in San Francisco, California.
1972: Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1981: Christina Milian, actress and singer ("Dip It Low" from 2004), was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-day-in-rock-music-history_25.html1956: The city of Tupelo, Mississippi declared Elvis Presley Day in honor of its native son.
1957: The Monotones recorded "Book of Love".
1957: The classic musical West Side Story opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.
1961: Bob Dylan opened for the Greenbriar Boys at Gerde's Folk Club in New York's Greenwich Village.
1964: The British continued to come over in waves. On this date, we first heard a new British band, the Kinks, on their first single release "You Really Got Me".
1965: Queen Elizabeth II awarded the Beatles with the Order of the British Empire.
1968: Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones was arrested for possession of marijuana.
1969: The Beatles released the album Abbey Road, the last album they recorded as a group.
1969: Rock promoter Bill Graham opened The Fillmore West in San Francisco, California.
1970: Tamla-Motown Records released news that the Jackson 5 had sold 10 million singles worldwide in nine months since their debut, officially a world record.
1970: Pink Floyd performed at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened in theaters. Movie-going would never be the same.
1976: Marvin Gaye performed at the London Palladium.
1979: The Clash released the single "I Fought the Law", their remake of the Bobby Fuller Four hit.
1980: U2 had a concert in the Cedar Ballroom in Birmingham, England.
1981: Bruce Dickinson became the lead singer of Iron Maiden.
1981: Genesis moved to #1 on the U.K. album chart with Abacab.
1994: Paul Anka received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1984: Prince released the single "Purple Rain".
1989: Paul McCartney played several Lennon/McCartney songs live for the first time as a solo artist at the Drammenshallen in Dramen, Norway.
1992: Paul Simon, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Jimmy Buffett performed at a concert in Miami, Florida to raise money for victims of Hurricane Andrew.
1992: Belinda Carlisle owned the top U.K. album with The Best of Belina Carlisle, Volume 1.
1996: Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead unveiled his new line of awesome ties at an art gallery in New York City.
1997: The initial 300,000 units of Elton John's single "Candle in the Wind 1997" sold out in Japan on the first day of release.
1998: Prince slipped and pulled a ligament onstage in Atlantic City, New Jersey, forcing a postponement of the remainder of his U.S. tour.
1998: Melanie B rose to #1 with her solo hit "I Want You Back".
1999: Kenny Rogers put his 360-acre Beaver Dam Farms estate in Georgia up for auction.
1999: The Dixie Chicks landed at #1 on the album chart with Fly.
2003: Robert Palmer, solo star and lead singer with Power Station, died of a heart attack at the age of 54 in Paris, France.
2004: Green Day ruled the U.K. album chart with American Idiot.
2007: A charity group set up by Shakira raised $40 million to help victims of recent natural disasters.
Born This Day:
1925: Marty Robbins ("El Paso") was born in Glendale, Arizona.
1926: Julie London ("Cry Me a River") was born in Santa Rosa, California; died October 18, 2000.
1931: George Chambers of the Chambers Brothers ("Time Has Come Today") was born in Flora, Mississippi.
1941: Joseph Bauer, drummer of the Youngbloods, was born in Memphis, Tennessee.
1943: Georgie Fame ("The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" from 1968) was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England.
1945: Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music was born in Washington, England.
1947: Lynn Anderson, who gave us the great song "Rose Garden", was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
1948: Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England.
1951: Stuart Tosh of the Alan Parsons Project who also toured with 10cc and Pilot ("Magic" from 1975) was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.
1954: Ace guitarist Craig Chaquico of Jefferson Starship and later Cusco
1954: Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos was born in Hermosillo, Mexico.
1962: Tracey Thorn of Everything But the Girl was born in Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
1965: Cindy Herron of En Vogue was born in San Francisco, California.
1972: Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1981: Christina Milian, actress and singer ("Dip It Low" from 2004), was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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