1943 - Ernest Tubb debuts on the Grand Ole Opry
1955 - Elvis Presley is interviewed by Jimmy Dean on Jimmy's
television show.
1955 - CBS talent scout Arthur Godfrey turns down the chance to
sign Elvis Presley, instead at the same audition he signs singer Pat
Boone.
1956 - The movie "Rock Around the Clock" (with Bill Haley) makes
its premier in Washington, DC. Featuring Bill Haley and His Comets
along with Alan Freed, The Platters, and Freddie Bell and the
Bellboys, it is considered the first major rock and roll musical film.
1958 - The #1 Billboard Pop Hit is "Tequila," byThe Champs. Glen
Campbell, Jim Seals and Dash Crofts all join the group after "Tequila"
reaches #1.
1958 - Perry Como's "Catch A Falling Star" is certified as the
first gold record.
1960 - Sam Cooke begins his first tour of the West Indies.
1963 - Gerry Marsden of
Gerry & the Pacemakers is fined 60 pounds for evading British customs
with a German guitar.
1965 - Petula Clark makes her American TV debut on CBS' "Ed
Sullivan Show."
1969, The Jimi Hendrix Experience record a live concert for 'Fan
Club', the Dutch TV show in Amsterdam, Holland.
1970 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
release the protest song "Ohio" .
1972 - Carole King's "It's Too Late" wins a Grammy as Record of the
Year, King's "Tapestry" wins a Grammy as Album of the Year and Carly
Simon wins a Grammy as Best New Artist.
1980 - Quincy Jones gets a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1981 - Eric Clapton is admitted to United Hospital in St. Paul, MN,
after a serious attack of bleeding ulcers. Clapton cancels a 60-date
tour of the U.S.
1983 - Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Alec John Such form Bon
Jovi.
1992 - Farm Aid is attended by about 40,000 people in Irving, TX.
1992 - John Anderson scores his first #1 in eight years with
"Straight Tequila Night."
1995 - Prince releases the single "Purple Medley."
1998 - Jo Dee Messina makes her Grand Ole Opry debut.
1998 - Grand Ole Opry president Bob Whittaker surprises Country
Music Association group of the year Diamond Rio with an invitation to
become members of the Grand Ole Opry.
1998 - Ray Charles makes his first solo performance in 53 years on
the television shopping network QVC to promote the first product from
his merchandising and marketing company RCR Productions, a book-and-CD
set called "Ray Charles - My Early Years 1930-1960."
1998 - The "Nokia Presents The George Strait Chevy Truck Country
Music Festival Brought To You By Wrangler" opens to a sell-out crowd
of about 56,000 attendants in Phoenix, Ariz.
1999 - Marilyn Manson injures his ankle during a show in Inglewood,
CA.
2003 - Israel "Cachao" Lopez receives the 2,219th star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2006 - U2 tops Rolling Stone magazine’s annual list of the year’s
biggest money earners from 2005 with $154.2million, The Rolling Stones
ae listed second with $92.5million and The Eagles third with
63.2million. Paul McCartney is in fourth place with $56million and
Elton John in fifth with $48.9million.
