1954 - Sun Records releases the first Elvis Presley single, “That's All Right”, a cover of Arthur Crudup's 1946 tune "That's All Right, Mama". Only about 7,000 original copies were pressed, but the disc became a local hit in Memphis.
1968 - Pink Floyd play the second of three nights at the Boston Tea Party in Boston.
1969 – The week’s episode of ‘The Johnny Cash Show’ includes appearances by Ed Ames, Roy Clark, The Monkees and Joni Mitchell. Cash introduced The Monkees by playing the first verse of their hit “Last Train To Clarksville” with The Monkees on backing vocals, The Monkees then performed a version of the Johnny Cash song “Everybody Loves a Nut”, with Cash.
1972 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are arrested in Warwick, Rhode Island on charges of assault after a fight broke out with a newspaper photographer.
1975 - While on the Natty Dread tour, Bob Marley & the Wailers appear at the Lyceum Theatre in London. The show was recorded and the live single “No Woman, No Cry” was later released.
1975 - Paul McCartney and Wings hit #1 with “Listen To What The Man Said”, his fourth US #1. Wings also had the #1 album with Venus And Mars, McCartney's fourth #1 album since The Beatles.
1976 - Deep Purple split up at the end of a UK tour. David Coverdale went on to form Whitesnake, Jon Lord and Ian Paice formed a band with Tony Ashton. The classic line up of Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice reformed in 1984. Glenn Hughes returned to Trapeze and Tommy Bolin put together his own band, (but would die before the end of the year).
1987 - Bruce Springsteen plays his first ever show behind the Iron Curtain in East Berlin in front of 180,000 people. The show was broadcast on East German TV.
1989 - James Brown changes accommodations behind bars after $40K in cash and checks was discovered in his minimum security cell. The Godfather of Soul had been given a six year sentence the previous December after several run-ins with the law, including illegal gun possession, resisting arrest, assault and leading the authorities on a number of car chases.
1991 - Steven Adler, ex-drummer with Guns N' Roses, files a suit in Los Angeles alleging he was fraudulently removed from the group and that the band introduced him to hard drugs.
1997 - Oasis go to #1 in the UK with “D'You Know What I Mean?”, the first single from their third album Be Here Now.
2001 - Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol' Dirty Bastard, is sentenced to spend between two and four years behind bars after being found guilty of drug possession.
2010 - Ozzy Osbourne and his former Black Sabbath band mate Tony Iommi settle a long-running legal dispute over the use of the group's name. They later released a joint statement confirming they have settled the dispute "amicably".
Today’s Birthdays include…keyboardist George Frayne aka Commander Cody (76); bassist for Scottish funk and R&B group the Average White Band, Allan Gorrie (74); former Eagles guitarist Bernie Leadon and Queens’s Brian May (both 73); and Bauhaus/Tones on Tail/Love and Rockets drummer Kevin Haskins (60).
