1905 – Composer Ernesto Halffter was born.

1932 – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra recorded “It Don’t Mean a Thing.”

1938 – Benny Goodman and his band, plus a quartet, played at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

1943 – Ernest Tubb made his debut appearance at “The Grand Ole Opry” in Nashville, TN.

1957 – Little Richard recorded “Lucille.”

1957 – The Cavern Club opened for business in Liverpool, England. The rock club was where the Beatles began.

1965 – The first Guess Who album, “Shakin’ All Over,” was released.

1970 – John Lennon’s London Art gallery exhibit of erotic lithographs, Bag One, was closed by Scotland Yard and eight prints were confiscated as evidence of pornography.

1976 – The TV show “Donny & Marie” premiered on ABC-TV.

1976 – The album, “Frampton Comes Alive”, was released by Herb Alpert’s A&M Records.

1979 – Cher and Greg Allman were divorced.

1980 – Paul McCartney was jailed in Tokyo for possession of a half pound of marijuana. He spent ten days behind bars before being kicked-out of the country by Japanese authorities. The remainder of his tour was canceled.

1987 – The Beastie Boys became the first act censored on “American Bandstand.”

1994 – The Diana Ross TV movie “Out of Darkness” aired on CBS-TV.

1996 – Wayne Newton performed his 25,000th Las Vegas show.

1996 – Jamaican authorities fired upon on Jimmy Buffett’s seaplane, after mistaking it for a drug trafficker’s plane. U2 singer Bono was with Buffett, but neither was hurt.

1998 – The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, cancelled the premiere of Nick Broomfield’s documentary “Kurt and Courtney” due to unresolved legal issues.

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