1938 – Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on network radio.

1958 – Hank Ballard and the Midnighters record “The Twist.”

1965 – Velvet Underground made its performance debut at a high school dance in Summit, NJ.

1967 – The Supremes’ “In And Out Of Love” was released.

1969 – Jim Morrison of the Doors was jailed for “interfering with the flight of an intercontinental aircraft and public drunkenness.” The charges were eventually dropped.

1970 – “Plastic Ono Band” was released by John Lennon. The same title was used for the album released by Yoko One on the same day.

1970 – Bob Dylan’s book “Tarantula” was published by Bantam Books.

1972 – Berry Oakley, of the Allman Brothers, was killed in a motorcycle accident. He was 24 years old.

1976 – KISS released the album “Rock and Roll Over.”

1989 – Melissa Etheridge and Joe Cocker entertained Germans that were celebrating the newly tumbled Berlin Wall.

1997 – Metallica played a free concert in Philadelphia, PA.

1999 – Singer Brandy was admitted into a hospital in Southern California due to dehydration from overwork.

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