1879 - Composer John Ireland was born.
1924 - "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart became the first country music record to sell one million copies.
1930 - Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded "Go Home and Tell Your Mother".
1938 - Robert Johnson played a show at a roadhouse outside Greenwood, MS. It speculated that Johnson was poisoned by the bar owner. Johnson died several days later.
1952 - The original version of "Hound Dog" was recorded by Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton.
1965 - The Jefferson Airplane made its stage debut at the Matrix Club in San Francisco, CA.
1965 - The Beatles album "Help!" was released in the United States.
1966 - The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love" was released.
1967 - The Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow Joan Baez to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. because of her opposition to the Vietnam War.
1971 - King Curtis, at the age of 37, was stabbed to death outside his New York home.
1980 - Todd Rundgren's home in Woodstock, New York was invaded by four masked men. Rundgren, his girlfriend and three houseguests were bound and gagged while the masked men strip the house of valuables.
1990 - Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed after a light rack fell on him before a concert in Brooklyn, NY.
1995 - Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) has surgery for a hernia.
1999 - The movie "Detroit Rock City" opened.
1924 - "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart became the first country music record to sell one million copies.
1930 - Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded "Go Home and Tell Your Mother".
1938 - Robert Johnson played a show at a roadhouse outside Greenwood, MS. It speculated that Johnson was poisoned by the bar owner. Johnson died several days later.
1952 - The original version of "Hound Dog" was recorded by Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton.
1965 - The Jefferson Airplane made its stage debut at the Matrix Club in San Francisco, CA.
1965 - The Beatles album "Help!" was released in the United States.
1966 - The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love" was released.
1967 - The Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow Joan Baez to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. because of her opposition to the Vietnam War.
1971 - King Curtis, at the age of 37, was stabbed to death outside his New York home.
1980 - Todd Rundgren's home in Woodstock, New York was invaded by four masked men. Rundgren, his girlfriend and three houseguests were bound and gagged while the masked men strip the house of valuables.
1990 - Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed after a light rack fell on him before a concert in Brooklyn, NY.
1995 - Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) has surgery for a hernia.
1999 - The movie "Detroit Rock City" opened.
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