1714 – Composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was born.

1941 – Horace Heidt and his orchestra recorded “G’bye Now”.

1962 – The Beatles performed for the first time on the BBC in Great Britain. The show was “Teenager’s Turn”.
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1964 – The Dave Clark 5 made their first appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show”.

1968 – The Fillmore East opened in New York City.

1970 – Diana Ross opened her first outing as a solo performer in Framingham, MA.

1973 – Paul McCartney pled guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside of his Scottish countryside farm. He claimed that a fan had given him the seeds and that he did not know what they would grow. He was fined $240.
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1974 – Bad Company gave their debut performance in England.

1987 – Bob Seger ended a tour that he claimed would be his last. It was not his last tour however.
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1993 – “Beavis and Butthead” premiered on MTV as a series.

1858 – Composer Nikolai Artzibushev was born.

1875 – Composer Joseph Maurice Ravel was born.

1887 – Composer Heino Eller was born.

1939 – Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians recorded “Auld Lang Syne.”

1967 – Sandra Dee received a divorce from Bobby Darin.

1976 – Elton John was put on display in wax at in London’s Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum.

1985 – The song “We Are the World” was heard on the radio for the first time.

1994 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered “fair use” that does not require permission from the copyright holder.

2003 – Broadway musicians went on strike due to a contractual dispute.

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1825 – Beethoven’s Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major was performed for the first time.

1853 – Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” opera debuted in Venice.

1959 – The Drifters recorded “There Goes My Baby.”

1962 – Frank Sinatra recorded his final session for Capitol Records in Hollywood.

1970 – Charles Manson released his album “Lies” to finance his defense against murder charges.

1973 – John Lennon’s visa extension was canceled by the New York Office of the Immigration Department. It had been granted only five days before.
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1976 – Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon” was released.
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1976 – EMI Records re-released all 22 British Beatles singles. In addition “Yesterday” was released for the first time on 45 in the U.K.

1977 – “An Evening With Diana Ross” aired on NBC-TV.

1989 – Smokey Robinson’s autobiography “Inside My Life” was released.

1998 – Oasis’ Liam Gallagher was charged in an Australian court after he allegedly headbutted a fan, breaking the fan’s nose. He was released on $10,000 bail.

1998 – Madonna did a rare live interview at MuchMusic’s Toronto headquarters.
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1999 – George Jones was severely injured in a car accident.

2000 – Foxy Brown crashed her car into a fence in Brooklyn, NY. She was admitted for medical attention and released the next morning. Brown was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle by police.

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1735 – Handel’s Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op 4 No 2 was performed for the first time.

1853 – Composer Arthur William Foote was born.

1887 – Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was born.

1955 – Elvis Presley made his first TV appearance on the “Louisiana Hayride” show.
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1960 – Elvis Presley was honorably discharged from the Army.

1963 – Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in a plane crash near Nashville, TN.

1968 – Jerry Lee Lewis opened in the rock musical adaptation of “Othello” in Hollywood, CA.
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1969 – The magazine “Creem” was published for the first time.

1969 – Dusty Springfield collapsed while taping a TV appearance.

1979 – MCA Records dissolved it recent acquisition, ABC Records.

1982 – Blues Brother John Belushi died of drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles at the age of 33.

1994 – Grace Slick was arrested for pointing a shotgun at police in her home.

2002 – MTV began airing “The Osbournes.” The reality television show followed the daily activities of rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and his family.

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1877 – The Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake” debuted.

1942 – Dick Jurgen’s orchestra recorded “One Dozen Roses.”

1967 – It was announced that Steve Winwood and his brother Muff were leaving the Spencer Davis Group after an April 2 show.

1970 – Janis Joplin was fined $200 for using obscene language onstage in Tampa, FL.

1976 – Hall & Oates recorded “Rich Girl.”

1977 – The Rolling Stones recorded their “Love You Live” album in Toronto.
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1980 – E.Y. Harburg died in an auto accident in Hollywood, CA, at the age of 82.

1982 – Rolling Stone reported that Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa have formed a new band called Fred Zeppelin.

1986 – Richard Manuel (The Band) committed suicide at the age of 41.

1988 – Dale (Bozzio) released her solo debut entitled “Riot In English.”

1993 – Patti LaBelle received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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