Today in History: 1974 - a nine-mile traffic jam kept fans from attending performances by Bob Dylan and The Band in Miami. Many ticketholders didnt get in until the show was half over, prompting a few demonstrations. 1976 - promoter Bill Sargent offered The Beatles at least $30 million to reunite for a concert in the U.S. Sargent estimated that the reunion show could gross up to $300 million. They refused. 1977 - Aretha Franklin sang God Bless America at a special inaugural concert for President-elect Jimmy Carter, who took the oath of office the next day. 1980 - Michael Jackson got his first gold record, for Off the Wall. 1989 - Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle teamed up for a version of Stand By Your Man in honor of President-elect George Bush. Other celebrities at the Inaugural Gala included Clint Eastwood, Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra. 1993 - Fleetwood Mac reunited for the Inaugural Gala for President-elect Bill Clinton. 1993 - singer Tom Waits was allowed to keep the $2.5 million that a judge awarded him after he sued Frito-Lay for using a sound-alike in a commercial. The Supreme Court refused to change the amount of the award. 1998 - rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins died in Jackson, Tennessee, of complications from a recent series of strokes. He was 65. 2006 - singer Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack in Reston, Virginia. He was 64.
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