Today in Rock & Roll: Today in Rock & Roll: Births 1903: Bix Beiderbecke 1920: Jethro (Homer and Jethro) 1940: Dean Torrence (Jan and Dean) 1945: Pete Nelson (The Flowerpot Men) 1950: Ted McKenna (Sensational Alex Harvey Band) 1954: Tina Charles Events 1937: Benny Goodman plays a gig for 21,000 jitterbugging fans at New York Citys Paramount Theatre. 1955: Trumpeting their new signing, RCA Victor places a half-page ad in Billboard announcing Elvis Presley as the new singing rage. 1956: Bobby Darin makes his first television appearance, singing Rock Island Line on CBS-TVs Dorsey Brothers Stage Show. 1961: Jeff Barry, later half of the famous Brill Building songwriting team Barry-Greenwich, lands his first big gig with a publisher, signing to Trinity Music. 1963: Three days after an emotional public service, Patsy Clines body is buried quietly at Shenandoah Memorial Park in Winchester, VA. 1967: Sonny and Cher guest star as Jerry and Ramona on tonights The Hot Number Affair episode of the NBC-TV spy spoof The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 1971: Manager Allan Klein, picked by John, George, and Ringo to handle the Beatles affairs in the wake of Brian Epsteins death, is forbidden from managing the group after Paul, who instead preferred his father-in-law Eastman, sues for dissolution of the group. As night falls, the other three members allegedly visit Pauls home on Cavendish Avenue in London and throw a brick through one of the windows. 1979: In what has to be one of the more bizarre appearances at Nashvilles Grand Ole Opry, James Brown takes the stage at the Ryman Auditorium on the invite of his good friend Porter Wagoner. James plays it straight, delivering surprisingly traditional renditions of Tennessee Waltz and Your Cheatin Heart, but also unleashing Papas Got A Brand New Bag. Jean Shepard is vocal in her dislike of Browns set, but Barbra Mandrell, for one, applauds the unusual guest appearance. 1981: Jimmy Page joins Jeff Beck at a concert In London for three encore jams, marking the first time the Led Zeppelin guitarist has taken the stage since the breakup of his band. 2003: The Righteous Brothers, AC/DC, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Clash, The Police, and Floyd Cramer are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York City. 2003: Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, makes his first recording since leaving the business and becoming a Muslim in 1978, covering his own 1971 hit Peace Train in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. 2005: Michael Jackson shows up at his child molestation trial in Los Angeles an hour late and still in his pajamas. After being threatened with jail time for making the court wait, Jackson listens to testimony from one of his former visitors at his Neverland Ranch, a teenager who testifies that the singer tried to get him drunk on soda cans filled with red wine, which he reportedly called Jesus Blood, and white wine or Jesus Juice. 2008: The Dave Clark Five, The Ventures, Little Walter, Leonard Cohen, John Mellencamp, and Madonna are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York City. Releases 1962: Elvis Presley, Good Luck Charm b/w Anything Thats Part Of You 1973: Pink Floyd, Dark Side Of The Moon 1975: John Lennon, Stand By Me Recording 1964: Simon and Garfunkel, The Sounds Of Silence 1966: Bob Dylan: Most Likely You Go Your Way (And Ill Go Mine), Temporary Like Achilles, Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 35, Obviously 5 Believers, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, I Want You 1967: The Beatles, Getting Better 1970: Grand Funk Railroad, Closer To Home 1974: David Bowie, David Live 1975: Elvis Presley: Fairytale, Green, Green Grass of Home, I Can Help, And I Love You So Charts 1951: Mario Lanzas Be My Love hits #1 1962: Bruce Channels Hey! Baby hits #1 1979: Gloria Gaynors I Will Survive hits #1 Certifications 1972: Americas LP America is certified gold
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