This Day In Music History! Lennons last Beatles song. ALSO- TELL HER NO! Births 1917: Nesuhi Ertegun 1925: Michael Holliday 1933: Robert Goulet 1935: Marian Mercer 1938: Ray Brown (The Four Freshmen) 1938: Tina Turner 1944: Alan Henderson (Them) 1944: Jean Terrell (The Supremes) 1945: John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) 1946: Burt Ruiter (Focus) 1948: John Rossall (The Glitter Band) 1949: Gayle McCormick (Smith) 1949: Martin Lee (Brotherhood Of Man) Deaths 1956: Tommy Dorsey 1973: John Rostill (The Shadows) 2000: Frank Smith (The Monotones) 2003: James Carter 2006: Tony Sylvester (The Main Ingredient) Events 1954: Elvis Presley, on tour, sends a telegram to his parents: Hi babies, heres the money to pay the bills, dont tell no one how much I sent I will send more next week. There is a card in the mail. Love Elvis. 1955: Bill Haleys Rock Around The Clock becomes the first rock and roll record to hit #1 in the UK. 1959: Connie Francis plays the Cinderella Queen in todays Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade. 1967: The new promotional video clip for the Beatles, new single, Hello Goodbye, is aired on tonights episode of CBS-TVs Ed Sullivan Show . 1969: John Lennon spends the afternoon in the Abbey Road studios, mixing the Beatles songs Whats The New Mary Jane and You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) for release as two sides of a Plastic Ono Band single. When this falls through, Number gets released as the b-side to the Beatles Let It Be single, making this the last time John Lennon was in the studio working on a Beatles song. 1973: The New York Dolls make their live debut, fittingly enough, at Bibas Rainbow Room in London, a club situated on the top floor of a trendy fashion store. 1976: Lol Creme and Kevin Godley quit the group 10CC, leaving it a duo. 1979: In London, Bill Haley, on what would be his last tour of the UK, plays for Britains Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Command Performance. 1980: The movie Rockshow , a documentary of Paul McCartneys 1976 Wings Over America tour, premieres in New York. 1982: Miles Davis enters into his third marriage, this time with actress Cicely Tyson in New York City. Best man: Bill Cosby. 1991: ABC-TV airs the musical special The Gladys Knight Holiday Family Reunion , also starring Dionne Warwick, Melba Moore, and the Winans. 2001: Elton John is the guest star on tonights I Want Love episode of Fox-TVs Ally McBeal. 2001: At the Queens Royal Command Performance in London, Elton John, Cher and Donny Osmond perform for Queen Elizabeth II. 2002: Actor and major Elvis fan Nicholas Cage divorces Lisa Marie Presley after less than four months, citing irreconcilable differences. 2002: After nearly forty years, the Statler Brothers play their last concert ever at the Civic Center in Salem, VA. Releases none Recording 1940: Xavier Cugat, Orchids In The Moonlight 1962: The Beatles: Please Please Me, Ask Me Why 1964: The Zombies, Tell Her No Charts 1955: Johnny Cashs Cry! Cry! Cry! enters the country charts 1955: Tennessee Ernie Fords Sixteen Tons hits #1 1966: Wilson Picketts Mustang Sally enters the pop charts 1966: The Temptations Im Losing You enters the R&B charts 1974: Elton Johns LP Greatest Hits hits #1 Certifications 1969: The Band album is certified gold
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