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27 EVENTS 1953–2023

1953 Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery auditioned for KDAV radio’s Sunday Party in Lubbock, Texas, a live country-and-bluegrass showcase hosted by disc jockey and talent scout Dave… 1962 Tommy Roe scored his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 when “Sheila” reached the top. The hit was a new recording of a song he had…

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1957 Elvis Presley’s last concert outside the U.S. took place at Vancouver’s Empire Stadium before 26,000 fans. The 25-minute set included “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” and “Hound Dog”; Presley gave a crew member his gold jacket so fans would follow the decoy while Elvis slipped away.
1958 Ricky Nelson began his concert career at Atlantic City’s Steel Pier, drawing a venue-record 44,221 people over two days and earning a $10,000 fee.
1963 The Angels became the first all-white female group to top the U.S. chart when “My Boyfriend’s Back” began a three-week run at No. 1. The song reached only No. 50 in Britain.
1968 The Rolling Stones released “Street Fighting Man,” inspired by Mick Jagger’s experience at a 25,000-person anti-war rally in London. U.S. stations resisted its supposedly subversive lyrics, keeping it at No. 48; its withdrawn protest-themed picture sleeve later became a valuable collectible.
1968 Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love” peaked at No. 5 while “Wheels of Fire” sat at No. 1 on the album chart.
1969 Bob Dylan made his first paid performance since his motorcycle accident, appearing with The Band at England’s Isle of Wight Festival for one hour and earning £38,000.
1970 The Beach Boys released “Sunflower.” Critics liked it, but it reached only No. 151 in America; British listeners pushed it to No. 29.
1970 Jimi Hendrix made his final U.K. live appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival around 2 a.m. before an estimated 600,000 people. He died less than three weeks later.
1973 Paul McCartney received a Gold record for “Live and Let Die,” which reached No. 2 in America and No. 9 in Britain. The Rolling Stones also released “Goats Head Soup,” whose single “Angie” topped the U.S. chart.
1974 John Lennon testified in federal court that the Nixon administration sought to deport him because of his anti-war activism and that government agents monitored him. An appeals court overturned the deportation order in 1975.
1976 A U.S. judge found George Harrison guilty of subconscious plagiarism, ruling that “My Sweet Lord” was musically identical to The Chiffons’ “He’s So Fine.” Harrison ultimately paid $587,000 in damages.
1987 CBS Records shipped 2.25 million pre-ordered copies of Michael Jackson’s “Bad,” the label’s largest advance shipment. The album later sold tens of millions worldwide.

1953 Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery auditioned for KDAV radio’s Sunday Party in Lubbock, Texas, a live country-and-bluegrass showcase hosted by disc jockey and talent scout Dave “Hipockets” Duncan. The duo earned a weekly 30-minute Sunday-afternoon slot and performed under the name Buddy and Bob.
1962 Tommy Roe scored his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 when “Sheila” reached the top. The hit was a new recording of a song he had first released in 1960 with the Satins, and it launched a run that produced five additional U.S. Top 10 singles through 1970.
1965 James Brown, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, and the Kinks appeared on the television program Shindig! Brown performed “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” while the single was sitting at No. 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
1967 Following manager Brian Epstein’s death, the Beatles met at Paul McCartney’s St. John’s Wood home to discuss their future. McCartney proposed making Magical Mystery Tour themselves; afterward, the group announced it would not hire a replacement manager and would handle its business affairs internally, a choice that helped lead to Apple Corps.
1967 After receiving a postcard invitation while busking in Stockholm, Boz Scaggs officially joined the Steve Miller Band. He appeared on Children of the Future and Sailor before departing in 1968 and later building a solo career that produced eight Billboard Top 40 hits between 1976 and 1988.
1972 The O’Jays received a Gold record for “Back Stabbers.” The Philadelphia soul single reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot Soul Singles chart.
1973 Paul and Linda McCartney and Denny Laine began recording Wings’ Band on the Run at EMI’s studio in Lagos, Nigeria. Drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist Henry McCullough had quit shortly before the trip, leaving McCartney to cover bass, drums, and much of the lead guitar. The sessions unfolded amid poor studio conditions and local tension, and the McCartneys were later robbed at knifepoint of…
1976 Ode Records president Lou Adler and employee Neil Silver were kidnapped from Adler’s Malibu home, handcuffed, and held for eight hours at another nearby Adler property. They were released unharmed after a $25,000 ransom was delivered; Veronica Franovich and Zoltan Laslow Kakash were later arrested, with Kakash receiving a life sentence and Franovich serving seven months.
1977 Despite serious internal disputes over the Beach Boys’ artistic direction and finances, the band played a free Central Park concert for an estimated 150,000 people. Setting aside backstage tensions, they delivered hits including “California Girls,” “In My Room,” “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” and “Help Me, Rhonda.”
1977 Blondie signed its first major-label agreement with Chrysalis Records. Chrysalis bought out the group’s contract with independent label Private Stock and acquired the master recordings for Blondie’s self-titled 1976 debut album.
1978 Epic Records released Molly Hatchet’s self-titled debut album. Although it peaked at No. 64 on Billboard’s Top LPs & Tape chart, the record eventually earned an RIAA Platinum certification for sales exceeding one million copies.
1980 Fleetwood Mac concluded an eleven-month tour at the Hollywood Bowl. Lindsey Buckingham told the audience it would be the band’s last show for a long time, and the group did not return to the road until the Mirage tour began nearly two years later.

1956 Elvis Presley recorded “Too Much,” along with several other songs, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. RCA released it as a single on January 4, 1957, and Presley performed it on The Ed Sullivan Show two days later; the record reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Top 100, No. 1 on Cashbox, and No. 3 on Billboard’s R&B chart.
1964 The Rolling Stones recorded Willie Dixon’s “Little Red Rooster” at Regent Sound Studios in London. Brian Jones’ prominent slide guitar helped define the arrangement, which became the only pure blues song to top the UK singles chart.
1965 The RIAA certified the Beatles’ “Help!” Gold for one million U.S. sales. Capitol president Alan Livingston had presented plaques for the single and its namesake album at the group’s Los Angeles press conference on August 29; the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 two days later.
1965 The earliest Doors lineup, still billed as Rick & the Ravens, entered World Pacific Studios in Los Angeles to record a six-song demo containing early versions of “Moonlight Drive” and “Hello, I Love You.” The session featured Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Rick and Jim Manzarek, and bassist Patty Sullivan, credited as Patricia Hansen.
1965 Roadies for the Who went to London’s Battersea Dogs Home to buy a guard dog for the band’s equipment. While they were inside, thieves stole their unattended van and removed approximately £5,000 worth of gear; the empty vehicle was later recovered.
1978 George Harrison, 35, married Olivia Trinidad Arias, 30, who had worked as a secretary at his Dark Horse label. Their son Dhani had been born on August 1, and the couple remained married until Harrison’s death in 2001.
1978 Former Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes lead singer Teddy Pendergrass promoted Life Is a Song Worth Singing with a women-only concert. The concept proved so popular that additional women-only performances sold out.
1989 Paula Abdul reached No. 1 in the United States with “Cold Hearted.” The single’s British release came the following year, where it peaked at No. 46.
1989 Ozzy Osbourne was charged with threatening to kill his wife Sharon after an attack at their Buckinghamshire home. He later said he awoke in police custody with no memory of the incident; he was released on the condition that he immediately enter detox, and the case was eventually dropped after the couple reconciled.
1995 The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened its Cleveland building with performances and appearances by artists including Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Little Richard, the Allman Brothers Band, Boz Scaggs, James Brown, and Martha Reeves.
1995 Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone” became the first single in the 37-year history of Billboard’s main singles chart to debut at No. 1, earning a Guinness World Record. It spent one week on top before Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise,” featuring L.V., displaced it.
2004 R&B singer Tyrone Davis, known for the 1970 No. 1 soul hit “Turn Back the Hands of Time,” suffered a major stroke after a Labor Day weekend performance. He remained in a coma until his death in Hinsdale, Illinois, on February 9, 2005.