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29 EVENTS 1958–2020

1958 Brenda Lee recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in Nashville. It failed to chart in 1958–59 but reached No. 14 after a 1960 reissue, sold more… 1961 Members of the Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers combined as the Beatmakers at Liverpool’s Litherland Town Hall. The expanded lineup included Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Pete…

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1947 Chuck Berry was released from prison on his 21st birthday after serving three years for armed robbery. Back in St. Louis he worked factory, janitorial, and beautician jobs before Chess Records released his breakthrough “Maybellene” in 1955.
1956 Elvis Presley attracted autograph seekers at a Memphis gas station until manager Edd Hopper struck him and Presley punched back. Employee Aubrey Brown joined the confrontation; police charged Hopper and Brown with assault and fined them $25 and $15 respectively.
1957 Fifteen-year-old Paul McCartney made his Quarry Men debut on lead guitar at New Clubmoor Hall in Liverpool. Though nerves spoiled his “Guitar Boogie” solo, the John Lennon-led group secured regular Saturday dance bookings.
1964 During a single day off from touring, the Beatles completed a nine-hour Abbey Road session that produced “I Feel Fine” and finished “Eight Days a Week,” “Mr. Moonlight,” and “I’ll Follow the Sun.”
1966 The newly formed Jimi Hendrix Experience played a fifteen-minute opening set for Johnny Hallyday at Paris’s Olympia. It closed a short promotional tour whose combined audience totaled about 14,500.
1967 How I Won the War premiered in London with all four Beatles attending and John Lennon appearing as Private Gripweed. Reviews were largely negative, with critic John Simon dismissing it as pretentious foolishness.
1968 Police raided John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Montagu Square flat and found cannabis resin. Lennon accepted sole responsibility to protect Ono; obstruction charges were cleared, charges against her disappeared, and he paid a £150 possession fine.
1969 The Temptations began two weeks at No. 1 with “I Can’t Get Next to You,” the second of their four American pop chart-toppers. It reached No. 13 in Britain.
1969 Richard Nader staged his first 1950s Rock & Roll Revival at Madison Square Garden’s Felt Forum. Bill Haley and His Comets made their first major U.S. appearance in more than a decade and received an eight-minute standing ovation.
1969 The Jackson 5 made their national television debut on Hollywood Palace. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and 11-year-old Michael performed “I Want You Back,” “Can You Remember,” and a dance routine to “Sing a Simple Song.”
1974 After an argument, Al Green’s girlfriend Mary Woodson poured boiling grits over him as he left a bath, causing second-degree burns. Woodson then died by suicide with Green’s pistol; police found a note and closed the case without charges.
1975 Paul Simon hosted Saturday Night Live’s second episode and reunited onstage with Art Garfunkel for “Scarborough Fair,” “The Boxer,” and “My Little Town.”

1958 Brenda Lee recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in Nashville. It failed to chart in 1958–59 but reached No. 14 after a 1960 reissue, sold more than 15 million copies worldwide by 2008, and entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2019.
1961 Members of the Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers combined as the Beatmakers at Liverpool’s Litherland Town Hall. The expanded lineup included Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Pete Best, Gerry and Freddie Marsden, Les Chadwick, Les Maguire, and Karl Terry.
1961 Helen Shapiro began three weeks at No. 1 in Britain with “Walkin’ Back to Happiness,” her second and final UK chart-topper. It reached only No. 100 in America.
1963 The Greatest Record Show tour opened at London’s Finsbury Park Astoria with Lesley Gore, Brook Benton, Dion, Timi Yuro, and newcomer Trini Lopez, then holding America’s No. 3 single with “If I Had a Hammer.”
1964 Capitol released Beach Boys Concert, drawn from Sacramento performances in 1963 and 1964 and extensively refined in post-production without added musicians. It became the first live album to top Billboard, staying No. 1 for four weeks during a 62-week chart run.
1964 The Animals opened their first headlining British tour at Liverpool’s Odeon with Carl Perkins, Tommy Tucker, and the Nashville Teens supporting.
1966 The Yardbirds arrived in New York for a North American tour featuring both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Exhaustion, tonsillitis, and frustration drove Beck out in Texas two weeks later; Page became sole lead guitarist while Beck returned home to form the Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart.
1967 José Feliciano recorded his acoustic Latin interpretation of “Light My Fire” at RCA in Hollywood. Released the next summer, it reached No. 3 and earned the 1969 Grammy for Best Contemporary Male Pop Vocal Performance.
1967 Motown released Smokey Robinson and the Miracles’ “I Second That Emotion.” It reached No. 4 pop, No. 1 R&B, and No. 27 in Britain, becoming the group’s sixth million-seller.
1967 Sgt. Pepper stood at No. 2 in Britain while The Sound of Music soundtrack held No. 1 during its 132nd week on the UK album chart.
1968 Cass Elliot released her first solo album, Dream a Little Dream, less than a month after leaving the Mamas and the Papas. Recorded in ten days with leading session players, it reached No. 87 and sold 150,000 copies, while the title single climbed to No. 12 in America and No. 11 in Britain.
1968 Eighteen-year-old Peter Frampton guested with the Small Faces in London as Steve Marriott considered recruiting him. The band rejected the idea, but Marriott helped Frampton form a group and, after leaving the Small Faces, joined him to launch Humble Pie in 1969.

1955 Cleveland disc jockey Bill Randle organized a Brooklyn High School concert featuring Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, the Four Lads, and Pat Boone. Universal filmed Presley shortly before his national breakthrough for a planned documentary, but the footage is now considered lost.
1955 Harry Belafonte recorded the traditional Jamaican work song “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)” in Webster Hall’s Grand Ballroom. It reached No. 5 in early 1957 and became his signature performance.
1962 The Four Seasons entered the Hot 100 at No. 66 with “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” It became their second consecutive No. 1, leading the pop chart for five weeks and R&B chart for three, and reached No. 13 in Britain.
1962 Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash,” recorded in under two hours, reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 and became a perennial Halloween favorite.
1969 Apple released John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Wedding Album in an elaborate box with photographs, drawings, a marriage-certificate reproduction, a wedding-cake image, and press clippings. The experimental set lasted three weeks on Billboard, peaking at No. 178, and did not chart in Britain.
1973 The Rolling Stones topped the Hot 100 with “Angie,” also a No. 5 British hit. Contrary to persistent stories connecting it to David Bowie’s then-wife Angela, Keith Richards said he selected the name at random while writing the melody.
1976 Led Zeppelin’s concert film The Song Remains the Same premiered at New York’s Cinema I, blending footage from 1973 Madison Square Garden shows with fantasy sequences centered on each band member.
1977 A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed en route to Baton Rouge, killing Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, road manager Dean Kilpatrick, and both pilots. Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Billy Powell, Leon Wilkeson, and other survivors suffered serious injuries; the band remained inactive for a decade before returning with Johnny Van Zant.
1979 Herb Alpert reached No. 1 with the instrumental “Rise,” making him the only performer to top the U.S. chart with both vocal and instrumental records. The No. 13 British hit won the next Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
1979 Bob Dylan made his only Saturday Night Live musical-guest appearance, backed by a gospel choir for the live debuts of “Gotta Serve Somebody,” “I Believe in You,” and “When You Gonna Wake Up?” from Slow Train Coming.
1992 Arista released Kenny G’s sixth album, Breathless. Despite critical hostility, it reached No. 2 and earned Diamond status with twelve-times-Platinum U.S. shipments.
1997 Canned Heat guitarist Henry Vestine died from heart and respiratory failure in a Paris hotel at 52. The band placed nine albums on Billboard and scored the Top 40 hits “On the Road Again,” “Going Up the Country,” and “Let’s Work Together.”