Today in Rock n' Roll History

[Koala]

1962 The Beatles audition for Decca Records in England, who turn them down and sign the Tremeloes instead.

1964 The Beach Boys record "Fun Fun Fun".

2003 Aretha Franklin sings the national anthem as Michigan's first woman governor is sworn in.

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1966 We Can Work It Out (The Beatles) was a hit.

1971 Van Morrison hits #9 with "Domino".

1972 Paul Simon's self-titled album is released a year after the breakup of Simon and Garfunkel. It yields two popular singles: "Mother and Child Reunion" (#4 and "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (#22).

1975 John and Yoko are reunited. The Beatles' final dissolution takes place in London.

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1954 A young Elvis Presley visits the Memphis Recording Service to record "Casual Love Affair" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" and meets Sun Records owner Sam Phillips.

1970 Keith Moon of the Who accidentally runs over and kills his chauffeur, in Hatfield, England.

1974 Yes hits #6 in the US with 'Tales From Topographic Oceans'.

1975 Elton John hits #1 with his remake of the Beatles’ "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds." John Lennon plays guitar on this non-LP single under the pseudonym Dr. Winston O’Boogie.

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1959 "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" becomes the last release from Buddy Holly before his death.

1976 Beatles road manager Mal Evans is killed during a confrontation with Los Angeles police.

1998 Sonny Bono ("I Got You Babe" with then-wife Cher) dies in a skiing accident in South Lake Tahoe, California.

2003 Little Richard guests on Fox-TV's "The Simpsons".

[TimothyBFan]

I forgot to get on here yesterday about one that meant something to me.

1986-Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy died of a heart attack brought on by a drug overdose. He was only 36 years old.

[Koala]

1946 Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd is born.

1964 The Rolling Stones headline their first tour, beginning in Harrow, England.

1977 David Bowie releases 'Low,' the first of a trilogy of more experimental albums that also includes 'Heroes' (1977) and 'Lodger' (197.

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1968 David Gilmour is asked to join Pink Floyd, briefly making them a five-piece band´.

1975 Jethro Tull hits #11 in the US with "Bungle In The Jungle."

1975 Led Zeppelin fans riot before a Boston concert, causing $30,000 in damages and the concert to be cancelled.

2008 Jewels valued at $171,000 are stolen from Dionne Warwick's Rome hotel room.

[TimothyBFan]

1968 David Gilmour is asked to join Pink Floyd, briefly making them a five-piece band´.

I was only 5 and certainly don't remember this but about 10 years later--this meant the world to me. He is one of my all time favorite vocalist.

[Koala]

1935 Elvis Aron Presley is born to Gladys and Vernon Presley in a two-room cabin on North Saltillo Road in East Tupelo, Mississippi.

1947 David Robert Jones, a.k.a. David Bowie, is born in Brixton, London.

1957 Elvis Presley passes the pre-induction exam for the Army.

1966 The Who and the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" show on ABC-TV.

1974 Governor Jimmy Carter declares it "Elvis Presley Day" in Georgia (three years before his death).

1981 ''Elvis Presley Day" is declared in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

1988 Tracy Chapman's self-titled debut achieves multi-platinum status.

1993 "MTV Unplugged" with Eric Clapton is nominated for four Grammy Awards.

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1967 The Gibb family moves from Australia to London, England. Within months, the Bee Gees enjoy their first international hit: "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (#14 U.S., #12 U.K.).

1983 Down Under (Men At Work) was a hit.

2007 Britain's Royal Mail issues a series of Beatles postage stamps.