1962: John Lennon married Cynthia Powell at the Mount Pleasant Registry Office in Liverpool, England with fellow Beatles George Harrison and Paul McCartney present.
1966: Big Brother & the Holding Company signed with Mainstream Records in return for airfare back to San Francisco. Talk about a shoestring budget.
1966: The Beatles' double-sided hit "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" became the group's 11th #1 in the U.K.
1967: Joni Mitchell was in concert for the first time in the U.K. at the Marquee Club in London.
1968: Ringo Starr temporarily quit the Beatles during sessions for The White Album but later returned.
1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Big Brother & the Holding Company and Soft Machine played at the New York Rock Festival at Flushing Meadows in Queens.
1969: The Temptations climbed from #84 to #48 with "I Can't Get Next To You".
1969: Johnny Cash At San Quentin was the new #1 album, replacing the great Blood, Sweat & Tears debut. The Soundtrack to "Hair" was third, followed by the Best of Cream. Blind Faith made an unbelievable jump from #111 to #5 with their debut. The rest of the Top 10: The Soft Parade by the Doors, the Soundtrack to "Romeo & Juliet" fell to #7, This Is Tom Jones took position #8, the self-titled Crosby, Stills & Nash was #9 and Iron Butterfly was still hanging around after 58 weeks with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
1969: Aretha Franklin scored her seventh #1 song on the R&B chart with "Share Your Love With Me".
1969: Zager & Evans made it two weeks at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "In the Year 2525".
Neil Diamond with an early career classic
1969: The Rolling Stones registered their 24th career hit and fifth #1 with "Honky Tonk Women". Johnny Cash had everyone talking with "A Boy Named Sue" and Tommy James & the Shondells sang one of The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era*--"Crystal Blue Persuasion". Neil Diamond was fourth with "Sweet Caroline" and Zager and Evans slipped after six weeks at #1 with "In the Year 2525". The rest of the Top 10: Jackie DeShannon with another of The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era*--"Put a Little Love in Your Heart", Creedence Clearwater Revival took "Green River" from 15 to 7, Tony Joe White entered the Top 10 with "Polk Salad Annie", the Youngbloods with the third member of The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era* in the Top 10 on this date (imagine that, being from 1969) with "Get Together" and the Guess Who landed at 10 with "Laughing".
1970: Lou Reed left the Velvet Underground after a performance at Max's in Kansas City, Missouri.
1971: Diana Ross had the #1 U.K. song with "I'm Still Waiting".
1975: Paul Kassoff, former guitarist of Free, came back to life after his heart stopped beating for 35 minutes. Doctors removed a blood clot in his leg and he was released.
1975: James Taylor moved to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)".
1975: K.C. & the Sunshine Band landed a #1 song on the R&B chart with "Get Down Tonight".
1975: Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds rose to the top with "Fallin' in Love", jumping over the Eagles' "One of These Nights". K.C. & the Sunshine Band had a hot song with "Get Down Tonight", moving from 12 to 3. The former #1 "Jive Talkin'" was fourth by the Bee Gees. The rest of the Top 10: Glen Campbell and "Rhinestone Cowboy", War with "Why Can't We Be Friends?", James Taylor edged up with "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", Elton John's epic "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" was on its way down, Janis Ian's song "At Seventeen" pierced through the radio and rose from 16 to 9 and Olivia Newton-John took the #10 spot with "Please Mr. Please".
1976: Gordon Lightfoot released this song on this date--"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
1980: The Pretenders, B-52's, Talking Heads and Elvis Costello performed in Ontario, California for the Heatwave Festival.
1980: David Bowie had the #1 single in the U.K. with Ashes To Ashes.
1980: Olivia Newton-John remained #1 for the fourth week with "Magic" while Christopher Cross was posed to strike at #2 with the beautiful "Sailing". The S.O.S. Band somehow found their way at #3 with "Take Your Time (Do It Right)", the Rolling Stones were still at 4 with "Emotional Rescue" and Diana Ross maintained at 5 with "Upside Down". The rest of the Top 10: Billy Joel's former #1 "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me", Irene Cara blasted into the Top 10 with "Fame", Air Supply moved from 21 to 8 with their second single "All Out of Love", Pete Townshend's solo hit "Let My Love Open the Door" was at 9 and Kim Carnes closed the list with "More Love".
1985: Aerosmith opened a tour at the Alpine Valley Music Theater in east Troy, Wisconsin.
1986: The Miami Sound Machine were the vehicle for Gloria Estefan, and on this date, they rose to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Words Get in the Way".
1990: An anonymous buyer purchased the childhood home of Bob Dylan in Hibbing, Minnesota.
1990: David Rose, the composer who wrote one of The Top 100 Instrumentals of the Rock Era* ("The Stripper") and also wrote the themes to the popular television shows Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie, passed away in Burbank, California at the age of 80.
1991: The re-formed Dire Straits began a world tour in Dublin, Ireland.
1991: Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Babes in Toyland and Iggy Pop were among the performers at the three-day Reading Festival in England.
1993: Duran Duran was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1997: Texas had the top U.K. song with "White on Blonde".
1997: Usher debuted at #25 with "You Make Me Wanna'".
2002: Offspring, the White Stripes, Incubus, Jimmy Eat World, Sum 41, the Strokes, Muse and Jane's Addition performed at the U.K. Carling Leeds-Reading Festival.
2003: Bobby Brown was arrested while eating dinner with former wife Whitney Houston at an Atlanta, Georgia restaurant. Brown had violated parole.
2003: Metallica, Sum 41, System of a Down, Primal Scream and Good Charlotte performed at the U.K. Carling Reading Festival.
2003: Floetry won Best Single ("Say Yes"), Best Album (Floetic) and Best New Group at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards.
2004: Queen became the first U.K. group to receive approval to play in Iran.
2008: Madonna began a world tour.
2009: Calvin Harris owned the top album in the U.K. with Ready for the Weekend.
2010: The Eagles performed at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Born This Day:
1936: Rudy Lewis of the Drifters was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1942: David (Roger Greenway) of David & Jonathan was born in Bristol, England.
1942: Tony Micale of the Reflections "(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet")
1947: Keith Moon, drummer of the Who, was born in Wembley, England
1949: Rick Springfield was born in Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia.
1951: Jim Jamison of Survivor
1951: Mark Hudson of the Hudson Brothers, backing vocalist for Alice Cooper, Jon Bon Jovi and Hanson, songwriter and producer
1953: Bobby G., vocalist of Bucks Fizz
1954: Mark Avsec, songwriter and keyboardist for Wild Cherry
1959: Edwyn Collins guitarist of Orange Juice and a solo performer, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1961: Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots was born in Newark, New Jersey.
1974: Shifty Shellshock (Seth Brooks Binzer) of Crazy Town ("Butterfly" from 2001) was born in Los Angeles, California.
1978: Julian Casablancas, guitarist of the Strokes, was born in New York City.
1979: Richard Neville, vocalist of Five, was born in Solihull, West Midlands, England.
1981: Natalie Horler, singer of the German dance group Cascada
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