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1894 William Donaldson and James H. Hennegan published their first edition of Billboard as "A monthly resume of all that is new, bright and interesting on the boards." The eight page magazine was "devoted to the interests of advertisers, poster printers, bill posters, advertising agents & secretaries of fairs." It later began reporting on circuses, carnivals, vaudeville and…
1955 An R&B group called The Famous Flames, led by singer James Brown , cut their first demo of "Please, Please, Please" at radio station WIBB in Macon, Georgia. It would lead to their signing with Nathan King's Federal Records, where they re-cut the song in February, 1956 and watched it climb to #5 on both the Billboard Best R&B Sellers In Stores and Most Played R&B by Jockeys…
1956 A Rock 'n' Roll oddity happened when two different versions of the same song, "Cindy, Oh Cindy", climbed to the Top Ten of the Billboard chart. Eddie Fisher's version sat at #10 and proved to be his last Top 40 entry, while the rendition by Vince Martin And The Tarriers climbed to #9 and was the only time they made the list.
1959 After cracking the Billboard Top 40 three times while with Atlantic Records, Ray Charles signs with ABC-Paramount, where he would have twenty-four more Billboard hits.
1959 For the first time since 1954, Elvis Presley doesn't have a record on any of the Billboard charts. He is currently in Germany serving with the US Army and won't leave active duty until March 5th, 1960.
1964 The Dave Clark Five appear on The Ed Sullivan Show singing their newest release, "Anyway You Want It". Sullivan likes them much better than The Rolling Stones, saying that unlike the latter, the DC5 are "nice, neat boys."
1964 The Nashville Teens ' rendition of "Tobacco Road" climbed to its peak position of #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. Oddly enough, the band wasn't really from Nashville, they were actually from Weybridge, Surrey, England. Their two vocalists had already aged out of their teenage years.
1965 A Rolling Stones ' concert at the Rochester Community War Memorial was canceled by police just seven minutes into the set after thousands of frenzied fans rushed the stage. Rather than waiting for the crowd of 3,500 to restore order, the local police chief pulled the plug due to safety concerns, cutting the performance short after just six songs.
1966 Three Elvis Presley albums are certified Gold by the RIAA: his 1956 debut album, "Elvis Presley", "Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 2" and "Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3".
1968 George Harrison issued "Wonderwall Music", marking the first solo album by a Beatle and the debut LP for Apple Records. The experimental Indian-Western instrumental soundtrack featured contributions from Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton. Despite failing to chart at all in the United Kingdom, the release achieved moderate commercial traction overseas, peaking at #49 on the Billboard Top LPs…
1969 "Suspicious Minds" reaches the top of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Elvis Presley 's 18th and final US number one scored during his lifetime. Elvis had cut the song in a 4 AM to 7 AM session last January, with the eighth take being the keeper. The song climbed to #2 in the UK, and thirty years later was enshrined into the Grammy Hall Of Fame.
1969 The Beatles earned their 13th number-one album in the United States when "Abbey Road" went to the top of the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. issued just a month prior, the LP would go on to spend eleven weeks at the peak position.

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1955 'Tennessee' Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons" enters the Billboard Country chart, where it would enjoy a ten week stay at #1. The song would cross over to the Pop chart and lead that list for eight weeks. The record would become one of the biggest selling singles of the 1950s and was inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry on March 25, 2015.
1956 Police use tear gas to break up a riot that broke out during a Fats Domino concert in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In a frantic bid to escape the melee and the gas, Domino and two of his bandmates jumped through a window, escaping the venue with only minor cuts and bruises.
1957 Elvis Presley had eight hits in the UK Top 30, an all-time record up to that point. The songs were: "Party" (#3, )"Teddy Bear" (#11), "All Shook Up" (#17), "Got a Lot of Livin' To Do" (#19), "Trying to Get to You" (#21), "Loving You" (#24), "Paralyzed" (#26) and "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (#30).
1959 Wink Martindale's rendition of a 1948 Country scored called "The Deck Of Cards" peaks at #7 on the Billboard chart, on its way to selling over a million copies. After becoming a disc jockey, Martindale would move on to TV where he would host his first game show, What's This Song? in 1964.
1963 London's Daily Mirror ran a headline reviewing a frenzied concert in Cheltenham, bringing the term "Beatlemania" into the public lexicon. Though rival papers had printed the word weeks earlier, this specific feature brought the expression into popular use.
1963 The album "In the Wind" by Peter, Paul And Mary led the Billboard Top LPs chart for the first of five consecutive weeks. The lead single from the LP, "Blowin' In The Wind" would reach #2 on the Hot 100, selling a million copies in the process. A second release, "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" peaked at #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #9 on the Pop Singles…
1963 Jerry And The Pacemakers version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone" tops the UK chart, giving them the distinction of having their first three singles all rise to number one. This feat would not be duplicated for twenty-one years when Frankie Goes To Hollywood also took each of their first three singles to the top.
1963 Dion angrily walks off the set of the British TV television program Ready Steady Go! after trying to rehearse his scored "Donna The Prima Donna", claiming he was distracted by the dancers surrounding him during the song.
1966 Paul Revere And The Raiders appear on an episode of ABC-TV's Batman , where they portray a local Rock group hired by the Penguin (played by Burgess Meredith). They played an instrumental track for a belly dancer named "Little Egypt" and backed up the villain for his campaign song set to the tune of "Yankee Doodle".
1967 The British label Reaction issues Cream's second album, "Disraeli Gears". It would rise to #4 in America and #5 in Britain, and included the singles "Strange Brew" (UK #17) and "Sunshine of Your Love" (US #5, UK #25). Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, Rolling Stone still had it ranked at #170 on their 2020 list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
1968 Stevie Wonder 's rendition of "For Once In My Life" enters the Billboard Top 40, where it would reach #2. The song had previously been cut by Barbara McNair, Jack Soo, Tony Bennett and The Temptations.
1968 Appearing at Madison Square Garden on their farewell tour of the US, Atco Records presents Cream with a Platinum disc for $2 million worth of sales of the double album "Wheels of Fire".

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1956 Elvis Presley 's "Love Me Tender" took over the number one spot on the Billboard Top 100, knocking his double sided scored "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog" to number two. That made him the first artist to ever push himself out of the number one position. Jim Lowe staged down #3 with "Green Door", Johnnie Ray was at #4 with "Just Walkin' In The Rain&quot…
1957 Sam Cooke appears on The Ed Sullivan Show to sing "You Send Me", but is cut off before he can finish the number when the show ran out of time. He is invited to come back next month to make up for it.
1957 Sun Records issued "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis . The single peaked at #2 in the United States, #1 in Britain, and moved more than five million copies globally. This incredible commercial success made it one of the best-selling singles of all time.
1958 Private First Class Elvis Presley is deployed on field maneuvers for the first time with the U.S. Army's 32nd Armor Regiment. This cold-weather training exercise pulled his tank battalion out of Ray Barracks and sent them to the rugged Grafenwohr training grounds situated near the heavily fortified Czechoslovakian border.
1962 A song called "He's A Rebel" rose to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, credited to The Crystals . In reality, the song was cut by a trio known as The Blossoms, featuring lead singer Darlene Love . Phil Spector had hastily put the song together while The Crystals were out of town and put their name on the label because they had already had two top twenty hits with "There's No Other…
1963 Coming in at #83, The Kingsmen 's version of "Louie Louie" enters the Billboard Hot 100 where it would peak at #2 during a sixteen week run. Costing just $50 to record in one take, the effort would go on to sell over a million copies and be ranked by Rolling Stone magazine at #54 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. In 1999 it would be inducted into the Grammy Hall Of…
1965 The Beatles gathered at EMI Studios in London to record the song "Michelle" for their upcoming album, "Rubber Soul". The track was not issued as a single in the US or the UK, but was pressed as a 45 in several European countries. It would top the charts in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Italy and France.
1967 Pink Floyd launched their disastrous inaugural United States tour with a live debut at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The highly anticipated promotional run was quickly cut short due to frontman Syd Barrett's worsening psychological state and uncooperative behavior on national television. During these infamous TV appearances, Barrett left host Dick Clark baffled on American Bandstand…
1972 James Taylor and Carly Simon are wed by a judge in Simon's Manhattan apartment, beginning their eleven year relationship. That evening she joined him on stage at New York's Radio City Music Hall and announces their union to a cheering audience.
1976 Country / Rock band Firefall is awarded a Gold record for sales of 500,000 of their self-titled debut album, which includes the #9 US scored single, "You Are the Woman".
1977 During a concert at the Empire Pool in London, Elton John stuns the crowd by announcing that he would not tour anymore. True to his word, he would stay retired for fifteen months, but on February 5, 1979, he would resume touring with a concert at the Konserthuset in Stockholm, Sweden.
1979 British musician Robin Scott, using the pseudonym M , rose to the top of the US singles chart with a Techno-Pop, dance tune called "Pop Muzik". The record had climbed to number two in England the previous May.

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