1938 - Count Basie records Blues In The Dark, featuring vocalist Jimmy Rushing
1950 - Sam Phillips opened the doors at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee of what was to become the most famous music recording studio in the world, Sun Records
1964 - Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show.
1966 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out".
1970 - Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees.
1973 - KISS performs their first concert, at the Coventary Club in Queens.
1987 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
