1954 – While jamming for the first time in a recording studio with Scotty Moore and Bill Black—in this case Sun Studios—Elvis Presley goes into an upbeat version of “That’s All Right” which producer Sam Phillips records and becomes Presley's first single on Sun Records.
1966 – On a recommendation The Animals’ bassist, Chas Chandler, goes to see Jimi Hendrix play at Café Wha in New York City. Chandler suggests Hendrix move to England, which he does and Chandler becomes his manager.
1969 – The Rolling Stones give a free concert in London's Hyde Park before an audience of 250,000 as a tribute to Brian Jones who had died two days earlier. The concert was guitarist Mick Taylor's debut with the Stones and King Crimson’s live debut as well.
1975 – Pink Floyd premieres their new album Wish You Were Here at the Knebworth Festival.
1986 – Janet Jackson starts a two-week run at No.1 in the US with her album Control, which featured the hit singles “What Have You Done for Me Lately”, “Nasty”, “When I Think of You”, “Let's Wait Awhile” and the title track.
Today's Birthday's include...The Band's Robbie Robertson (75); Mr. Huey Lewis (68); guitarist Jimmy Crespo, a member of Aerosmith from 1979 until 1984 (64); singer/songwriter Marc Cohn (59); Bengt Fredrik Lagerburg, drummer with Swedish rockers The Cardigans (45); and Nick O'Malley, bassist for Arctic Monkeys (33).
