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5 Artists
8 Bands
2 Reviews
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Artists

5

Jerry Garcia Banjo · The Grateful Dead
Jimi Hendrix
John Lennon Guitar · The Beatles
Paul McCartney Bass Guitar · Paul & Linda McCartney, The Beat Brothers
Eric Clapton Guitar · All-Stars, Blind Faith

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8

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2

The Grateful Dead
Jimi Hendrix

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1960 At 16, Barry White received parole after serving three months of a four-month sentence for stealing $30,000 in car tires. He left gang life, joined The Upfronts, and later became a singer-producer with more than 100 million records sold and numerous Gold and Platinum singles.
1963 Peter, Paul and Mary performed “Blowin’ in the Wind” for civil-rights marchers in Washington during the program that included Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mahalia Jackson, Marian Anderson, and Odetta were also on the musical lineup.
1964 The Beatles tried marijuana for the first time after Bob Dylan supplied it in their New York hotel room. Dylan had misunderstood the lyric “I can’t hide” in “I Want to Hold Your Hand” as “I get high.”
1965 The Rolling Stones announced Allen Klein as a co-manager alongside Andrew Loog Oldham and signed a five-year recording deal with Decca.
1967 The Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company played at the wake of Hell’s Angels member Charles “Chocolate George” Hendricks, who had acted as a bridge between San Francisco’s bikers and Haight-Ashbury’s hippies.
1968 The Doors received a Gold record for “Hello, I Love You,” a U.S. No. 1 that reached No. 15 in Britain. The band and many fans disliked its lighter sound, and a settlement sent U.K. royalties to Ray Davies after he pointed out its similarity to The Kinks’ “All Day and All of the Night.”
1971 John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” peaked at No. 2 in the U.S. behind the Bee Gees. The song later became a West Virginia state anthem, even though Denver and co-writers Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert had never visited the state when writing it.
1973 Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” went Gold after reaching No. 4 in America and selling more than two million copies.
1976 Peter Frampton’s live “Baby, I Love Your Way” peaked at No. 12; in 2017 Frampton told lawmakers that 55 million streams had earned him only $1,700.
1984 The Jacksons’ Victory Tour passed 1.1 million ticket sales in two months and finished with 55 shows for 2.5 million fans, surpassing the Rolling Stones’ previous overall attendance record.
1986 Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Neil Young, most of the Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Lindsey Buckingham, Warren Zevon, and others performed at Long Beach’s Get Tough on Toxics show; Glenn Frey missed it because he was hospitalized.
1993 Billy Joel’s “River of Dreams” reached No. 1 in the U.S. and eventually sold more than four million copies there, although Christie Brinkley’s album artwork drew harsh reviews.

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1958 Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show opened at Brooklyn’s Fox Theatre with Frankie Avalon, Jimmy Clanton, Chuck Berry, Bobby Freeman, Bill Haley and His Comets, and The Elegants. The integrated bill brought rock and roll to a large teenage audience during segregation.
1959 The Quarrymen played for 300 teenagers at the opening of The Casbah Coffee Club, in the basement of Mona Best’s Liverpool home. The venue connected Pete Best to the group’s inner circle; he became their drummer exactly one year later.
1964 British Invasion excitement sent U.S. and U.K. guitar sales soaring: first-half sales were 40% above 1963, while high-end models rose more than 80%.
1964 The Honeycombs’ debut, “Have I the Right,” topped the British chart, also reaching No. 1 in Australia, Canada, and Sweden, No. 5 in America, and two million sales worldwide.
1964 Roy Orbison released “Oh, Pretty Woman,” which reached No. 1 in America four weeks later, entered the Top Ten in 15 other countries, and eventually sold over seven million copies globally.
1966 The Beatles played their final paid public concert at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, seven years after their first Casbah show. Before 25,000 fans, they performed 11 songs in just over half an hour and did not play any songs from the newly released “Revolver.”
1967 Brian Epstein’s funeral took place in Liverpool without The Beatles, who stayed away to protect his family’s privacy and avoid attracting fans and press.
1970 Edwin Starr’s “War” led the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and later earned a Grammy nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
1977 Police arrested three people who allegedly planned to steal Elvis Presley’s body from its Memphis mausoleum and hold it for ransom. Elvis’s remains were subsequently moved to Graceland’s Meditation Garden.
1987 Los Lobos took “La Bamba” to No. 1 on the Hot 100. The song came from a traditional Mexican tune and served as the title track of the film.
1989 The Rolling Stones released “Steel Wheels” in the U.S. It reached No. 3 on Billboard and No. 2 in Britain.
2005 Fats Domino, 77, was rescued by boat from New Orleans flooding after Hurricane Katrina. He had initially planned to stay home because his wife Rosemary was in poor health.

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1966 The Mamas and the Papas released their second album, featuring “I Saw Her Again” and “Words of Love.” It reached No. 4 in America and No. 24 in Britain.
1968 The Byrds released “Sweetheart of the Rodeo,” abandoning their psychedelic folk-rock sound for country and bluegrass. The change alienated core fans, and the album stalled at No. 77 in the U.S.
1969 The three-day Texas International Pop Festival opened at Dallas International Motor Speedway with Chicago Transit Authority, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, and Santana. An estimated 120,000–150,000 people attended.
1971 The Beach Boys issued “Surf’s Up,” which reached No. 29 in America and No. 15 in Britain, their best U.S. chart showing for new music since 1967.
1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a One to One benefit at Madison Square Garden with Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, and Sha Na Na. Lennon performed with the Plastic Ono Elephant’s Memory Band; several tracks later appeared on “Live in New York City.”
1973 The surviving Doors announced that they were disbanding two years after Jim Morrison’s death. Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger later attempted several reunions, including a 2002 tour billed as The Doors of the 21st Century.
1975 KC and the Sunshine Band finally reached No. 1 in the U.S. with “Get Down Tonight,” a million-selling Platinum record that also topped Canada’s chart.
1980 Christopher Cross’s “Sailing” topped the Hot 100 for one week and later won Grammys for Record, Song, and Arrangement of the Year, while Cross also won Best New Artist.
1986 Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love” reached No. 1 in America and later won Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
1989 Billy Joel dismissed manager and former brother-in-law Frank Weber after an audit showed severe losses and a $5 million IRS debt. Joel later sued Weber for fraud and racketeering; the dispute ended in a settlement that recovered only part of the money.
1995 Velvet Underground founding member Sterling Morrison died of cancer at 53. Though commercially unsuccessful, the group was later recognized as one of rock’s most influential bands and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
2011 Elvis Presley’s estate sued Arista Music over alleged underpayment for newer digital income. A 2017 ruling found that Presley had sold the relevant rights to RCA in 1973 and had been properly compensated.

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