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Eddie Cochran

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19 EVENTS 1901–2024

1901 The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. After merging with the Radio Corporation of America in 1929, RCA Victor became a dominant manufacturer of both phonographs… 1945 Ten-year-old Elvis Presley made his public singing debut at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show talent competition. Standing on a chair to reach the microphone, he…

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1955 Elvis Presley’s “I Forgot to Remember to Forget” reached No. 2 on the Memphis record chart. After RCA Victor acquired the recording, it became his first nationally prominent release, spending 39 weeks on Billboard’s country-and-western chart and reaching No. 1 there in February 1956 as well as No. 4 on the Most Played by Jockeys listing.
1956 Chicago radio station WAIT began a twelve-hour Elvis Presley marathon at 7 a.m., repeatedly playing 33 of his recordings. Callers described postponing dental appointments, laundry, and even work to keep listening, while one mother said her normally restless six-month-old slept peacefully throughout Presley’s music.
1957 After arguing with her father, Connie Francis reluctantly recorded the 34-year-old standard “Who’s Sorry Now” in two takes at New York’s Brunswick Studios. Though she disliked the song, it became her breakthrough the following spring, reaching No. 4 in America and No. 1 in Britain.
1958 At an Army press conference in Friedberg, West Germany, 23-year-old Elvis Presley was asked whether fans might forget him during his two-year service. He admitted the possibility but said he could not complain because he had already enjoyed success; meanwhile, a supply of previously recorded singles kept him on the charts throughout his deployment.
1959 East German authorities jailed fifteen teenagers who marched through Leipzig shouting support for Elvis Presley and mocking officially approved local music. Treating the rock-and-roll demonstration as capitalist subversion, the government imposed sentences ranging from six months to more than four years.
1960 Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs entered the U.S. chart with “Stay,” which went on to No. 1. Running only 1 minute 36 seconds, it remains the shortest chart-topper in Billboard Hot 100 history.
1965 The McCoys topped Billboard’s singles chart with “Hang On Sloopy,” replacing Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction.” The record also became a British hit, peaking at No. 5.
1965 ABC’s Shindig! presented the Who’s first American television appearance. The episode also featured Motown stars the Four Tops and Liverpool group Gerry and the Pacemakers.
1967 California narcotics officers raided the Grateful Dead’s communal home at 710 Ashbury Street in San Francisco, seized about a pound of marijuana, and arrested eleven people. Most of the band was away; Bob Weir and Ron “Pigpen” McKernan were the only members taken into custody, alongside crew, managers, and visitors.
1968 Motown sued Holland-Dozier-Holland for $4 million over breach of contract after the songwriting team’s year-long slowdown during a royalty and profit-sharing dispute. Prevented from working under their own names, the trio left to establish Invictus and Hot Wax and wrote new hits under aliases; the competing lawsuits were privately settled in 1977.
1969 Bobby Darin appeared on ABC’s This Is Tom Jones, performing his folk-rock composition “Distractions” and joining Jones for a medley of “A Worried Man,” “Aquarius,” and “Let the Sunshine In.”
1970 Pink Floyd released its fifth studio album, Atom Heart Mother, through Harvest Records in Britain. It became the band’s first UK No. 1; although it reached only No. 55 in America, steady sales eventually brought an RIAA Gold certification.

1901 The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. After merging with the Radio Corporation of America in 1929, RCA Victor became a dominant manufacturer of both phonographs and records for decades.
1945 Ten-year-old Elvis Presley made his public singing debut at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show talent competition. Standing on a chair to reach the microphone, he sang Red Foley’s “Old Shep” a cappella, finished fifth, and received five dollars in ride tickets that he promptly used despite his mother’s objections.
1957 Pat Boone, 23, began hosting The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom on ABC. The musical-variety program welcomed many leading recording stars but ended after three seasons when it lost its ratings contest with NBC’s Bachelor Father; ABC replaced it with My Three Sons.
1964 The Animals’ American self-titled debut entered Billboard’s album chart and eventually reached No. 7, powered by “House of the Rising Sun.” A substantially different British edition followed a month later and climbed to No. 6 in the UK.
1967 Woody Guthrie died from Huntington’s disease after spending his final decade at Creedmoor State Hospital. The writer of “This Land Is Your Land” and interpreter of traditional songs such as “Cumberland Gap” profoundly influenced Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and generations of folk musicians.
1978 Aerosmith offered to post bail for concertgoers arrested on marijuana and other minor charges at the Fort Wayne Coliseum. As many as 28 fans accepted, and the band’s tour accountant ultimately paid approximately $4,200 in bail and fines through separate court appearances.
1980 Paul Simon’s film One Trick Pony opened in U.S. theaters and became a critical and financial disappointment, earning under $150,000 against a budget of roughly $8 million. Its soundtrack fared better: the title song reached No. 40 and “Late in the Evening” climbed to No. 6.
1981 During Saturday Night Live’s season premiere, Rod Stewart brought out Tina Turner for an energetic duet on his 1978 hit “Hot Legs.” Stewart used the national appearance to highlight Turner’s solo potential while her career was rebuilding after her divorce.
1987 Lithonia, Georgia, proclaimed Brenda Lee Day and named a street for its hometown star, born Brenda Mae Tarpley. Lee placed 29 songs in Billboard’s Top 40 between 1960 and 1967, including “Sweet Nothin’s,” “I’m Sorry,” “Fool #1,” and “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”
1988 Twenty-year-old Lisa Marie Presley married musician Danny Keough. They had two children, Riley and Benjamin, before divorcing in May 1994, and remained close friends and committed co-parents afterward.
1992 Sinéad O’Connor ended her Saturday Night Live performance by tearing up a photograph of Pope John Paul II and urging viewers to “fight the real enemy,” an unscripted protest against abuse in the Catholic Church. She had concealed the plan during rehearsal, and the broadcast prompted thousands of complaints, a lifetime ban from SNL, and years of controversy before the moment was later restored to…
1999 Tom Jones returned to No. 1 on Britain’s album chart with Reload. At 59 he became the oldest performer to top the UK ranking with newly recorded material; the album sold more than six million copies worldwide, and Jones broke his own age record with Surrounded by Time in 2021 at 80.

1961 Bob Dylan gave his first ticketed concert at Carnegie Chapter Hall, a small recital room above Carnegie Hall. Promoter Izzy Young drew only 53 people—mostly Dylan’s friends and folk-scene colleagues—at two dollars each, leaving Dylan with $10 instead of the promised $20 fee.
1961 The Alvin Show, built around the Chipmunks, premiered on CBS after the novelty act scored hits with “The Chipmunk Song,” “Alvin’s Harmonica,” and “Ragtime Cowboy Joe.” It failed in prime time after one season but found a successful second life in Saturday-morning reruns through 1965.
1963 Billboard reported that hot-rod records were replacing surf songs as the latest teenage trend, with the Beach Boys’ “Little Deuce Coupe” at No. 15. Because automotive slang varied by region, Capitol supplied disc jockeys and retailers with a special glossary of hot-rod terminology.
1963 Sixteen-year-old Anthony “Top” Topham left the Yardbirds amid parental concern and uncertainty about abandoning art school, and 18-year-old Eric Clapton took his place. Topham later worked as a designer, painter, and musician before rejoining the group from 2013 to 2015.
1963 The Beatles made their first appearance on Britain’s Ready Steady Go!, where Dusty Springfield interviewed them. Wearing their grey collarless suits, they mimed “Twist and Shout,” “I’ll Get You,” and “She Loves You” as Springfield’s solo career was beginning with “I Only Want to Be with You.”
1965 Johnny Cash was arrested in El Paso after returning from Mexico with prescription amphetamines and sedatives concealed in his guitar case. He spent the night in custody, paid a $1,000 fine, and received a suspended 30-day sentence.
1966 Bobby Hebb received a Gold record for “Sunny,” a No. 2 U.S. and No. 12 UK hit. He wrote the hopeful song after the devastating day in November 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Hebb’s brother Harold was killed outside a Nashville nightclub.
1968 Cream opened its farewell tour at the Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland. The Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce trio began its final run while “White Room” was climbing toward No. 6, following the earlier No. 5 success of “Sunshine of Your Love.”
1969 Abbey Road entered the British album chart at No. 1 and remained there for eleven weeks. The final album recorded by the Beatles became one of their two biggest UK sellers, rivaling Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival began a four-week run atop Billboard’s album chart with Green River, its first No. 1 LP. Featuring “Bad Moon Rising” and the title track, it later placed No. 95 on Rolling Stone’s 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums.
1970 Janis Joplin died from a heroin overdose at Hollywood’s Landmark Hotel at 27, only days after recording what became her greatest hit. “Me and Bobby McGee” reached No. 1 posthumously in early 1971, surpassing her previous peak with Big Brother and the Holding Company’s “Piece of My Heart.”
1973 The BBC broadcast the 500th edition of Top of the Pops with Slade, Gary Glitter, and the Osmonds among the acts. The Who broke the program’s miming rules and smashed a guitar onstage, an act that earned the band a lifetime ban from the show.