On This Day:
In 1955 Bill Haley and the Comets released the single “Rock Around the Clock.”
In 1958 The Champs were a guest on “American Bandstand,” performing “Tequila.”
In 1965 Elvis Presley was featured in “Time” magazine.
In 1966 Manfred Mann’s “Pretty Flamingo” hit number one on the UK pop singles chart.
In 1967 Jimi Hendrix Experienced performed at the Saville Theater in London. Ringo Starr was a member of the audience.
The Jefferson Airplane was a guest on “The Smothers Brothers Show.”
In 1968 Reginald Dwight decided to change his name to Elton John.
In 1972 The Rolling Stones released the double album “Exile on Main Street.”
In 1977 The Eagles’ “Hotel California” hit number one on the pop singles chart.
In 1978 Ninety-thousand tickets for Bob Dylan’s upcoming concert at London’s Wembley Empire Pool sold out in less than eight-hours.
In 1986 The Rolling Stones’ “One Hit To The Body” was released as a single.
In 1991 A Macon, Georgia, judge threw out a wrongful death suit against Ozzy Osbourne. He was being sued by the parents of a boy who had committed suicide and claimed the boy was inspired to do so by Ozzy’s music.
In 1998 Singer Steve Perry left Journey.
In 2002 The Rolling Stones landed a blimp in a park in the Bronx, New York, to announce plans for the “Licks” tour, which began in September.
Van Halen’s Eddie Van Halen, who had been battling cancer, announced that he had received “a one hundred percent clean bill of health — from head to toe.”
Jon Bon Jovi’s family grew as his wife gave birth to Jacob Hurley Bon Jovi. Jacob is the third child and second son for the couple.
In 2003 Pete Townshend was cleared of charges of possessing child pornography, but was still placed on a list of registered sex offenders in the UK. The move was in response to his arrest earlier in the year as part of a crackdown on Internet child porn. Townshend was never convicted of a crime in connection with the investigation.
In 2005 Audioslave returned from Cuba following a three-day cultural exchange visit to the communist country. During the trip the band played a free concert in Havana, marking the first time an American band gave a free show in the island nation.
In 2006 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards’ headaches prompted his readmission into an Auckland, New Zealand hospital. The rocker had been recovering from a head injury suffered nearly two weeks earlier in Fiji.
In 2008 The FBI raided businesses in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, and seized copies of the DVD “a/k/a Tommy Chong,” which explores the actor-comedian-musician’s arrest and conviction for selling bongs and other drug paraphernalia over the Internet. Chong said he thought the agency’s goal was to get his movie, which is highly critical of the federal government, off store shelves.
In 2011 Michael McDonald and Mavis Staples received honorary degrees from Berklee School of Music during the school’s commencement services in Boston.
In 2013 The Goo Goo Dolls were inducted into the Guitar Center RockWalk in Hollywood.
In 2015 Three of B.B. King’s 11 surviving children lost a bid in a Las Vegas court to take control over their father’s affairs after they said they suspect the 89-year-old Blues legend’s manager of stealing his money and neglecting his medical care while blocking them from seeing him in home hospice care.
In 2022 Berklee College of Music gave honorary doctorates to Ringo Starr, Chuck Rainey, James Newton Howard, and Lalah Hathaway.
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