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1841 - Robert Schumann's "Fourth Symphony in D" premiered.

1939 - The musical comedy "Du Barry Was a Lady," by Cole Porter opened on Broadway.

1968 - James Taylor's self-titled album was released in Britain.

1969 - Four people died during a free concert given by the Rolling Stones. One of the deaths was a stabbing that occurred near the stage. The event was recorded and released a year later.

1978 - Sid Vicious smashed glass in the face of Patti Smith's brother Todd during an altercation at New York rock club Hurrah. Vicious was out on bail after being charged with the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.

1993 - The Eagles taped a video for Travis Tritt's version of "Take It Easy" which led to their reunion.

1995 - Joni Mitchell was awarded the Billboard's Century Award.

1999 - It was announced taht Gabriel Gomez had been charged with the kidnapping and murder of Sandra Rosas, wife of Los Lobos singer/guitarist Cesar Rosas. She had disappeared from her home on October 23.

1637 - Composer Bernardo Pasquini was born.

1842 - The New York Philharmonic gave its first concert.

1963 - The Beatles appeared on the British TV show "Jukebox Jury."

1966 - Nancy Sinatra appeared on "Frank Sinatra: A Man & His Music Part II" on CBS-TV.

1984 - Michael Jackson testified in Chicago, IL, that he wrote the song "The Girl is Mine," not an Illinois man. Jackson won the case.

1991 - "Achtung Baby" by U2 debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's pop albums chart.

1996 - Jerry Lewis' white and red pinstriped devil suit was stolen from his dressing room at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo. Lewis needed the costume, valued at $9,000, to play the role of Satan in the musical Damn Yankees.

1764 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played for the Royal Family at Versailles in France.

1953 - Hank Williams died of drug and alcohol overdose at the age of 29.

1959 - Elvis Presley destroyed his BMW on Germany's Autobahn.

1964 - The BBC broadcasts the first "Top of the Pops" TV rock show.

1966 - The final episode of "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (with Rick Nelson) was filmed.

1967 - Sonny and Cher were barred from the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, CA, for their support of the Sunset Strip rioters.

1979 - Bruce Springsteen's cheek was ripped open by a fire-cracker that was thrown onstage from the audience.

1982 - The last ABBA concert was held in Stockholm.

1989 - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) changed the requirements for a musical work to achieve gold and platinum status.

2002 - Eric Clapton and Melia McEnery were married.

1732 - Composer Franz Xaver Brixi was born.

1905 - Composer Sir Michael Kemp Tippett was born.

1941 - The Andrews Sisters recorded "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."

1975 - U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen ruled in New York, that John Lennon and his lawyers will have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case.

1979 - The trial of ex-Sex Pistol, Sid Vicious for the October 1978 murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, opened in New York City. Vicious died of a heroin overdose, thereby not living to hear the verdict.

1983 - The musical "Annie" closed on Broadway at the Uris Theatre after 2,377 performances.

1731 - Composer Frantisek Xaver Dusek was born.

1865 - Composer Jean (Johan) Julius Christian Sibelius was born.

1890 - Composer Bohuslav Martinu was born.

1960 - Fabian visited Elvis Presley at Graceland and lent him his pants when Elvis ripped his demonstrating karate.

1963 - Frank Sinatra, Jr. was kidnapped.

1968 - Graham Nash announced the formation of Crosby, Stills and Nash three days after he quit the Hollies.

1972 - Frank Zappa Sr. placed an advertisement in Variety Magazine claiming he will give private instruction in craps, roulette, keno and blackjack.

1980 -In New York City, Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon to death. Earlier in the day, Lennon had autographed an album for Chapman.

1991 - The musical "Nick and Nora" opened.

1995 - Courtney Love was interviewed by Barbara Walters for ABC's "10 Most Fascinating People of 1995." During the interview Love told Walters that she wished she had done "eight thousand million things" differently to prevent husband Kurt Cobain's death.

1998 - The FBI opened its files on Frank Sinatra to the public. The file contained over 1,300 pages.

1999 - Prince appeared on NBC's "Today."

2000 - Sting received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1791 - Composer Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner was born.

1882 - Composer Joaquin Turina was born.

1964 - The John Coltrane Quartet recorded "Love Supreme."

1968 - The Supremes' and the Temptations' "TCB (Takin' Care of Business") special aired on NBC-TV.

1972 - "Tommy" was performed at London's Rainbow Theatre. The recording of the event was released the next year.

1974 - George Harrison released his first album on his Dark Horse label, entitled "Dark Horse."

1984 - The Jacksons played their last show together in Los Angeles, CA.

1993 - The musical revival of "My Fair Lady" opened.

2002 - Britney Spears filed for a restraining order against a 41-year-old Japanese man that she claimed had been stalking her since September.

1900 - Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida" was performed in New York.

1957 - Fats Domino recorded "I'm Walkin'."

1964 - The Beatles made their first appearance on U.S. television in a film clip shown on the "Jack Paar Show." It was a performance of the song "She Loves You."

1967 - Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) refused to be sworn in after receiving a U.S. Army draft notice. He said he was a conscientious objector.

1970 - Davy Jones announced he was leaving the Monkees.

1987 - Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Bill Haley and 14 others. Franklin was the first woman to be inducted.

1998 - Swedish police arrested a total of 314 people following a neo-Nazi concert near Stolkholm. Crowd members allegedly gave Hitler salutes, classified as a "hate crime" under Swedish law, during a performance by U.S. group Max Resist.

1822 - Composer Cesar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was born.

1927 - The Grand Old Opry made its first radio broadcast from Nashville, TN.

1963 - Donny Osmond made his debut with the Osmonds on NBC's "Andy Williams Show."

1967 - The Steve Miller Blues Band signs with Capitol Records for an unheard of $750,000. The group drops the "Blues" from its name.

1968 - John Lennon made his first solo TV appearance.

1972 - Roberta Flack and two members of her backup band are injured in a car accident while driving into Manhattan.

1984 - The single "Do They Know It's Christmas" was released by Band-Aid. The group was assembled to aid in famine relief.

1990 - The first Billboard Music Awards took place. Janet Jackson was the big winner with eight trophies.

1992 - The musical "My Favorite Year" opened.

1996 - Faron Young died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

1998 - Bruce Springsteen won a 2 1/2-year legal battle with two British companies that were seeking to release 19 previously unreleased songs from his early career.

1803 - Composer Louis-Hector Berlioz was born.

1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his 13-year-old third cousin Myra Gale Brown. It was his third marriage.

1960 - Aretha Franklin made her New York debut at the Village Vanguard.

1967 - The NBC-TV special "Movin' with Nancy Sinatra" aired.

1971 - James Brown 32nd album, "Revolution of the Mind," was released.

1972 - James Brown was arrested after a show in Knoxville, TN, and charged with "disorderly conduct" after being accused of trying to incite a riot. The charges were dropped when Brown threatens to sue for $1 million.

1976 - Bob Seger released his album "Night Moves".

1985 - The single "Superbowl Shuffle" by Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew was released.

1989 - The musical "City of Angels" opened.

1997 - Jewel, Sinead O'Connor and Emmylou Harris performed the Beatles' "In My Life" together at the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo.

2001 - Gene Simmons (KISS) did an interview with Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today" to promote his book "Kiss and Make-Up." The book was released for sale on December 4, 2001.

1710 - Composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born.

1874 - Composer Josef Suk was born.

1935 - Bert Ambrose and his Orchestra recorded "Hors d�oeuvres."

1950 - RCA Victor announced that it would manufacture long-playing (LP) records.

1957 - Boxer Joe Louis appeared on "The Steve Allen Show" to introduce singer Solomon Burke.

1965 - Leo Fender sold the Fender Guitar Company to CBS for $13 million.

1973 - The Allman Brothers name Lamar Williams as the replacement for the late Berry Oakley. The announcment was in Rolling Stone magazine.

1792 - In Vienna, 22-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven received one of his first lessons in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn.

1955 - Bill Haley and the Comets recorded "See You Later Alligator."

1964 - The Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" was released.

1970 - Little Richard was charged with "larceny by trick" in Miami Beach, FL, by Blacks, Inc. The group claimed that Little Richard pocketed $250 he solicited for the group. The charges were later dropped.

1971 - Filming began on the Diana Ross movie, "Lady Sings the Blues."

1980 - Marie Osmond's solo TV series debuted on NBC.

1996 - Clint Black got a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1838 - Composer Alexis Vicomte de Castillon was born.

1961 - The Beatles signed with manager Brian Epstein.

1974 - George Harrison had lunch with U.S. President Gerald Ford at the White House.

1975 - Foghat's "Slow Ride" was released.

1988 - Bruce Springsteen's divorce from Julianne Phillips became final.

1991 - "John Denver's Montana Christmas Skies" special aired on CBS.

1994 - Prince performed the song "Dolphin" on the David Letterman show.

2001 - The two surviving members of Nirvana, Krist Novoselic and David Grohl, filed a countersuit against Courtney Love. The charge was that she has manipulated the memory and work of her dead husband, Kirk Cobain, for the benefit of her own career.

1880 - Composer Nicolai Karlovich Medtner was born.

1959 - "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" backed by "Raining in My Heart" was released by Coral Records. It was the last release of Buddy Holly before his death.

1976 - Mal Evans, a Beatle's bodyguard and road manager, was killed in a confrontation with Los Angeles police.

1978 - Prince made his solo performance debut in Minneapolis, MN.

1984 - The Police, announced a farewell concert for March 2 in Australia. The group had been together for 9 years.

1873 - Composer Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen was born.

1963 - Dinah Washington died of a drug overdose at the age of 39. She had 34 top 10 hits on the Billboard R&B charts.

1966 - Chad & Jeremy and Don Ho guest on ABC-TV's "Batman."

1968 - Tommy James and the Shondells released "Crimson & Clover."

1972 - The Ringo Starr film about U.K. rocker Marc Bolan, "Born to Boogie," debuted in London. The film stars Elton John.

1977 - "Saturday Night Fever" premiered in New York City.

1985 - James Taylor married actress Kathryn Walker.

1991 - Michael Jackson's "Dangerous" debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's pop albums chart.

1992 - Merle Haggard filed for bankruptcy protection.

1995 - "Frank Sinatra: 80 Years My Way" aired on ABC-TV.

1999 - Paul McCartney played a show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. It was the first time that McCartney had played at the club since 1963.

1657 - Composer Michel-Richard Delalande was born.

1944 - A single-engine plane carrying U.S. Army Major Glenn Miller disappeared in thick fog over the English Channel while en route to Paris. The true fate of the plane and its passengers has never been determined.

1967 - The Beach Boys met Maharishi Yogi in Paris and learned transcendental meditation.

1969 - John Lennon gave his last live performance in England. It was a UNICEF benefit in London.

1988 - James Brown was sentenced to a six-year jail term for leading police on a late-night, two-state car chase. He was released on February 27, 1991.

1992 - Nirvana released "Incesticide," a collection of b-sides and rarities.

1998 - Andrew Lloyd Webber was acquitted on charges that he plagiarized a 20-year-old song to write the theme from "The Phantom Of The Opera."

1876 - Composer William Yeates Hurlstone was born.

1924 - George Gershwin completed "Rhapsody in Blue" at the age of 26.

1950 - Ernest Tubb made his debut appearance at "The Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville, TN.

1963 - Gary "U.S." Bonds filed a $100,000 suit against Chubby Checker. The charge was that Checker "stole" "Quarter to Three" and turned it into the song "Dancin' Party." The case was settled out of court.

1970 - Max Yasgur was sued for $35,000 in property damages by neighboring farmers. It was Yasgur's on which the August 1969 Woodstock Festival was held.

1997 - Prince appeared on the Rosie O'Donnell show.

1749 - Composer Domenico Cimarosa was born.

1955 - Carl Perkins wrote "Blue Suede Shoes." Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it in Memphis, TN.

1969 - TV history was made when Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger were married on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.

1977 - Elvis Costello and the Attractions appear on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in place of the Sex Pistols. The Sex Pistols could not get visas to enter the U.S.

1986 - The Doobie Brothers reunited for a benefit in Palo Alto, CA. The performance inspired a reunion tour in 1987.

1986 - Paul & Linda McCartney's limo caught fire en route to a TV taping in Newcastle, England. They are both unharmed.

1994 - Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) and Heather Locklear were married.

1997 - U.S. President Clinton signed the No Electronic Theft Act. The act removed protection from individuals who claimed that they took no direct financial gains from stealing copyrighted works and downloading them from the Internet.

1737 - Antonio Stradivari, died in Cremona, Italy. He is recognized as the most renowned violin maker in history.

1860 - Composer Edward Alexander MacDowell was born.

1920 - Conductor Arturo Toscanini made his first recording for Victor Records.

1961 - Britain's EMI Records rejected the Beatles. They later signed them.

1965 - U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler recorded "Ballad of the Green Berets.

1975 - Rod Stewart announced that he was leaving Faces for a solo career.

1983 - Keith Richards and model Patti Hansen were married.

1997 - Tori Amos, offered 14 music videos, including a rare clip of "Cornflake Girl," for viewing over the Internet as part of a holiday charity effort for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN). Users were allowed access to the clips for a four week period in exchange for a donation of $5.

2001 - Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) won a court battle with ex-wife Pamela Anderson. Anderson had filed the suit to gain full custody of the couple's two children. The judge denied a request by Anderson's lawyers to require monitoring of Lee's visits.

1705 - Georg Friedrich Handel's opera "Almira" was produced in Hamburg.

1906 - Arthur Rubinstein made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

1940 - Vincent Lopez and his orchestra recorded the third version of Lopez� theme song titled "Nola".

1960 - Eddie Cochran's last recording session was held in Hollywood.

1966 - The final episode of "Shindig!" was broadcast on ABC-TV. The show featured the Kinks and the Who.

1973 - Elvis Presley sued Priscilla Presley for a divorce.

1975 - Three Led Zeppelin concerts and Madison Square Garden sold out in a record four hours.

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

1991 - Steve Clark (Def Leppard) was found dead. The coroner ruled that the 30-year-old died of a lethal combination of alcohol and drugs.

1995 - The musical revival of "Guys and Dolls" closed after 1143 performances.

2002 - The Black Crowes released a statement that said "For the time being, Chris Robinson is pursuing a solo career. Steve Gorman has left the band for personal reasons."

1955 - Carl Perkins recorded the hit "Blue Suede Shoes."

1960 - Neil Sedaka�s "Calendar Girl" was released.

1974 - Ron Woods joined the Rolling Stones.

1987 - Paul Simon the musician, and Paul Simon, the presidential candidate, both host "Saturday Night Live."

1997 - Marty Raybon made his last appearance with country group Shenandoah at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, TN.

2001 - VH1 premiered "Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story."

2001 - Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) pled guilty to domestic battery case that arose after fighting with his wife at a Hard Rock hotel on November 19. The judge approved a plea bargain in which the case would be dismissed if Weiland had no more problems for the next six months and he completed 26 counseling sessions.

1728 - Composer Franz Xaver Pokorny was born.

1909 - Composer Vagn Holmboe was born.

1957 - Elvis Presley received his U.S. Army draft notice.

1967 - Jethro Tull was formed.

1975 - Joe Walsh joined the Eagles, replacing original member Bernie Leadon. Leadon left for a solo career.

1839 - Composer John Knowles Paine was born.

1973 - Mick Jagger was refused a Japanese visa because of a 1969 drug bust. The event halted the Rolling Stones' plan to tour the Orient.

1979 - A benefit concert called A Gift of Song was held at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The performers were Olivia Newton-John, Rita Coolidge, the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Abba and Earth, Wind & Fire.

1992 - Sting made a guest appearance on the series "The Simpsons," in the episode "Radio Bart."

1999 - Guru (Gang Star) was robbed outside a small recording studio in Woohaven, Queens. The three masked men stole $10,000 in jewelry.

1810 - Composer Ludwig Schuncke was born.

1955 - LaVern Baker recorded "Jim Dandy".

1967 - The Rolling Stones album, "Their Satanic Majesties Request" was released.

1968 - Janis Joplin gave her first solo performance in Memphis, TN.

1970 - Elvis Presley went to the White House to volunteer his services to U.S. President Nixon on fighting the nation's drug problems. He gave Nixon a chrome-plated Colt .45 and Tricky Dick gave Elvis a Narcotics Bureau badge.

1976 - "Barry Manilow on Broadway" opened for a two-week run in New York.

1996 - Tony Bennett was rushed to a hospital for an emergency operation for an erupted hernia. Bennett was just arriving at the White House for a holiday dinner with U.S. President and Mrs. Clinton when he fell ill.

1723 - Composer Carl Friedrich Abel was born.

1821 - Composer Giovanni Bottesini was born.

1858 - Composer Giacomo Puccini was born.

1885 - Composer Joseph Deems Taylor was born.

1968 - Eric Burdon left the Animals.

1976 - Isaac Hayes filed for bankruptcy.

1978 - The stage version of Harry Nilsson's "The Point" opened in London with Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz.

1984 - CBS Records announced the upcoming release of Mick Jagger�s first solo album, set for February, 1985. The album was titled "She's the Boss."

1945 - Erskine Hawkins recorded "Tippin� In" for Victor Records with the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra.

1949 - Vinyl records were introduced by RCA (45 rpm) and Columbia (33.3 rpm).

1978 - Howlin' Wolf died following brain surgery in Chicago.

1981 - The Gilbert and Sullivan musical "The Pirates of Penzance" opened at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith.

1987 - Madhouse's first album entitled "8" was released.

2003 - George Strait was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, TX.

1770 - Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven was born.

1882 - Composer Zoltan Kodaly was born.

1907 - Eugene H. Farrar became the first singer to broadcast on radio. He sang from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York.

1960 - George Harrison was deported from Germany for being too young to perform there with the Beatles.

1967 - The Lemon Pipers released "Green Tambourine."

1972 - Paul McCartney�s single, "Hi, Hi, Hi," was released.

1974 - Mott the Hoople broke up.

1983 - The Who officially disbanded.

1993 - MTV aired Nirvana's New York "Unplugged" performance.

1999 - Former Sex Pistols manager, Malcolm McLaren, announced plans to join the race for London's first-ever elected mayor.

1689 - Composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was born.

1959 - Chuck Berry was arrested for transporting a minor across a state line for an immoral purpose.

1964 - The Beach Boys made their first appearance on "Shingdig!"

1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Foxy Lady" was released.

1972 - John Lennon's film "Imagine" premiered on national TV.

1977 - Cat Stevens converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusef Islam.

1991 - James Brown sued the producers of the movie "The Commitments." Brown claimed that one of the characters too closely resembled him. He lost the case.

1856 - Composer Johann Christian Sinding was born.

1928 - "Ol� Man River" was recorded by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. Bing Crosby was the song�s featured vocalist. The song is from the Broadway musical, "Showboat".

1964 - "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash became the first country album to top the U.S. pop album chart.

1967 - Jimi Hendrix recorded "Purple Haze."

1969 - "This Was" was released by Jethro Tull.

1987 - Frankie Goes to Hollywood began what would be its final tour in Manchester, England.

1995 - Michael Jackson released a statement saying, "I will no longer stand by and watch reckless members of the media try to destroy my reputation." The statement was a response to unsubstantiated rumors of a video depicting Jackson fooling around with a young boy.

2001 - Whitney Houston was stopped for possessing marijuana at Keahole-Kona International Airport.

1719 - Composer Johann Christoph Altnikol was born.

1871 - In Cairo, Egypt, Verdi�s opera "Aida" had its world premiere.

1920 - Enrico Caruso gave his last public performance, when he sang in Jacques Halevy's "La Juive" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

1954 - Johnny Ace shot himself and died while playing Russian roulette backstage at a concert in Houston, TX.

1966 - Tommy James recorded "I Think We're Alone Now".

1978 - Bjorn Ulvaeus & Agnetha Falkstad (both of ABBA) announced their seperation and that they were filing for divorce.

1583 - Composer Orlando Gibbons was born.

1959 - Richard Starkey, 18, who later would be known as Ringo Starr, received a drum set for Christmas.

1977 - Harlem's Apollo Theater re-opened.

1978 - Abba's pre-recorded appearance on BBCI-TV's "Mike Yarwood Christmas Show" aired in Britain.

1995 - Singer Dean Martin died at the age of 78.

1695 - Composer Giuseppe Sammartini was born.

1850 - Composer Franz Xaver Scharwenka was born.

1872 - Composer Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin was born.

1957 - Elvis Presley made his last appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show" in New York City.

1958 - Bobby Helms filmed a role in the movie "The Case Against Brooklyn".

1968 - Dick Clark premiered his TV series "Happening '68." The show ran through September of 1969.

1977 - EMI terminated its contract with the Sex Pistols only 3 months after signing it. No reason was given.

1987 - Elton John cancelled all live performances for a year after having throat surgery.

1678 - Composer Johann Georg Pisendel was born.

1931 - George Gershwin�s musical, "Of Thee I Sing," opened at the Music Box Theatre in New York City. It became the first American musical to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize.

1955 - Bill Haley and the Comets' "See You Later Alligator" was released by Decca Records.

1963 - Capitol Records released the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" backed with "I Saw Her Standing There."

1967 - The Beatles film, "Magical Mystery Tour," premiered on BBC-TV.

1987 - Run D.M.C.'s Jason Mizell was hospitalized when his Jeep was hit head-on by a driver going the wrong-way.

1903 - In New York City, the barbershop quartet favorite, "Sweet Adeline," was sung for the first time.

1932 - Radio City Music Hall opened its doors to the public for the first time.

1940 - Singer Al Jolson and actress Ruby Keeler were divorced after 12 years of marriage that included that final year of separation.

1964 - The Supremes made their first appearance on TV's "Ed Sullivan Show."

1971 - The "Sonny & Cher Show" began airing on CBS. The show ran for four 1/2 years.

1985 - Metallica finished working on "Master of Puppets."

1992 - Harry Connick Jr. was arrested at New York's Kennedy Airport after a 9mm pistol was discovered in his carry-on luggage.

1992 - The musical revival of "Tommy Tune Tonite! A Song and Dance Act" opened.

1998 - Busta Rhymes (AKA Trevor Smith) was arrested and charged with criminal possession after police found a loaded, unregistered pistol in his car. The police originally pulled Rhymes over for changing lanes three times without signaling.

1683 - Composer Johann Christoph Graupner was born.

1854 - Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion.

1904 - Composer Richard Addinsell was born.

1941 - The four Modernaires joined the Glenn Miller Band on a permanent basis.

1964 - The Beatles released "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the U.S.

1973 - Eric Clapton performed his comeback concert at the Rainbow Theatre, London.

1978 - The Police began recording their debut album.

1979 - The Y.M.C.A. filed a lawsuit against the Village People over their song, "Y.M.C.A." The suit was later dropped.

1993 - Bobby Brown was arrested in Augusta, GA, for simulating a sex act onstage. It was the second time that he had been arrested by the Augusta police department for the same offense.

2003 - Pete Townshend was arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. Townshend said that his use of an Internet Web site advertising child pornography was for research for an autobiography.

1812 - Composer Julius Rietz was born.

1968 - The Doors' "Touch Me" was released.

1975 - Twenty-five year old David Gelfer pointed a .44 magnum at Ted Nugent and was then brought down to the ground by members of the audience and security guards. Gelfer was charged with "intimidating with a weapon."

1983 - Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys drowned while swimming near his boat in the harbor at Marina del Ray, CA.

2001 - A district court judge reduced a charge against Marilyn Manson. The original charge, fourth-degree criminal sexual misconduct, was reduced to disorderly conduct. A second charge, a misdemeanor count of assault and battery, remained unchanged. The incident stemmed from a concert on July 30, 2001 in Clarkston, MI, in which Manson allegedly assaulted a security guard.

1812 - Beethoven's Opus 96: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major was performed for the first time.

1957 - Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married.

1967 - Orchestra leader Paul Whiteman died at the age of 76.

1975 - Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane were divorced.

1982 - Jamaica issued a Bob Marley commemorative stamp.

1780 - Composer Francois-Joseph Dizi was born.

1936 - Harriet Hilliard, vocalist and wife of bandleader Ozzie Nelson, sang, "Get Thee Behind Me Satan."

1966 - David Jones changed his last name to Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones from the Monkees.

1970 - A display of John Lennon's erotic "Bag One" lithographs opened in London. 2 days later Scotland Yard seized prints as evidence of pornography.

1973 - Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead) was arrrested on drug charges in California.

1978 - The Sex Pistols played their last concert before breaking up. The show was in San Francisco, CA.

1995 - Pearl Jam performed with Neil Young for a Voters for Choice benefit in Washington.

1998 - Pat DiNizio, of the Smithereens, launched his first solo tour in Pontiac, MI.

1999 - Metallica sued Victoria's Secret, claiming that the manufacturer infringed on its trademark by marketing a line of "Metallica" lip pencils.

1756 - Composer Pavel Vranicky was born.

1859 - Composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster was born.

1962 - Brenda Lee's home was destroyed by fire.

1979 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer announced their break-up.

1999 - George Harrison and his wife were attacked in their home during a robbery. Though, Harrison was stabbed in the chest four times, he and his wife were able to subdue the assailant until police arrived.

1894 - Composer Ernest John Moeran was born.

1923 - Singer Eddie Cantor opened in the lead role of "Kid Boots."

1940 - As a result of a dispute between the radio networks and ASCAP (the American Society of Composers and Publishers), the radio industry was prevented from playing any ASCAP-licensed music. The ban lasted for ten months.

1969 - Jimi Hendrix introduced his new Band of Gypsys at a show that was recorded and later released as the live album "Band of Gypsys."

1971 - The Beatles broke up.

1975 - Elvis Presley performed for 60,000 fans at the Silverdome, in Pontiac, MI. He set a world record for earning $800,000 for a single concert by a single artist.

1978 - The Bauhaus gave their performance debut in England.

1982 - Steve Van Zandt, of the E Street Band, married Maureen Santora.

1984 - Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in an auto accident in England.

1986 - At a birthday party for Don Henley, Gary Hart and Donna Rice met each other.

1999 - "Rave Un2 The Joy 2000" was aired. Prince had recorded the show on December 18, 1999 at Paisley Park Studios.

1715 - Composer Jacques Duphly was born.

1928 - Vladimir Horowitz debuted as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

1959 - Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found the Motown record empire.

1965 - "Hullabaloo" premiered on NBC TV.

1977 - In an English court, Keith Richards is fined 750 pounds for possession of cocaine in his wrecked car on May 19, 1976 and charged an additional 250 pounds for court costs. In the same court appearance, he is found not guilty of possession of LSD.

1984 - Motley Crue opened its first U.S. tour at Madison Square Garden, New York.

1991 - Johnny Paycheck was released from an Ohio prison after serving two years of a seven year sentence for a barroom shooting. Before leaving office, Gov. Richard Celeste commuted Paycheck's sentence.

1961 - Motown Records signed The Supremes.

1967 - The movie "The Fastest Guitar Alive," with Roy Orbison and Sheb Wooley, premiered in New York City, NY.

1967 - The Buckinghams began recording "Don't You Care."

1972 - Elvis Presley reportedly drew the largest audience for a single TV show to that time when he presented a live, worldwide concert from Honolulu, HI.

1982 - Harry Wayne Casey, leader of KC and the Sunshine Band was partially paralyzed in an automobile accident in Miami, FL. His recovery took about a year.

1998 - James Brown was admitted to a hospital for treatment for an addiction to painkillers at the age of 64. He was released on January 21, 1998.

1905 - Composer Ernesto Halffter was born.

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

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

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 album, "Frampton Comes Alive", was released by Herb Alpert's A&M Records.

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.

1994 - The Diana Ross TV movie "Out of Darkness" aired on CBS-TV.

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.

1712 - Composer John Stanley was born.

1734 - Composer Francois-Joseph Gossec was born.

1969 - Charlie Watts' (Rolling Stones) book, Ode to a High Flying Bird was published. The book was a tribute to Charlie Parker.

1969 - "Lady Samantha" was released in England. It was one of the very first recordings by Reginald Kenneth Dwight, better known as Elton John.

1970 - Billy Stewart and three of his band members were killed when their car went out of control and off a bridge over the River Neuse in North Carolina.

1972 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, TN, was renamed Elvis Presley Blvd.

1979 - Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton announced that they would record an album together.

1994 - Donny Osmond fought the Partridge Family's Danny Bonaduce in a charity boxing match in Chicago, IL. Bonaduce won a split decision.

1997 - Metallica's video "King Nothing" premiered on MTV.

1835 - Composer Cesar Cui was born.

1939 - Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded "Jeepers Creepers."

1965 - Barbra Streisand and Bobbby Darin sang for Lyndon Johnson's presidential inauguration.

1973 - Pink Floyd began recording "Dark Side Of The Moon."

1974 - Bad Company was formed by ex-members of several groups. Those groups included Free, Mott the Hoople and King Crimson.

1980 - Capricorn Records filed for bankruptcy.

1991 - Three people were crushed to death at an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City by people who rushed the stage.

1995 - Jerry Garcia crashed a rented BMW into a guardrail near Mill Valley, CA. He was unhurt.

1853 - Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome.

1957 - Pat Boone sang at Dwight Eisenhower's presidential inauguration ball.

1971 - At the Charles Manson murder trial, the Beatles' "Helter Skelter" was played. At the scene of one of his gruesome murders, the words "helter skelter" were written on a mirror.

1977 - Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band played for Jimmy Carter's inauguration.

1988 - Metallica began recording their fourth full-length release, "And Justice For All."

1993 - Tom Waits was allowed to keep the $2.5 million that a judge awarded him after he sued Frito-Lay for using a sound alike in a 1988 commercial. The U.S. Supreme Court supported the amount of the damages.

1999 - The U.S. Supreme Court without comment refused to hear a 1998 lawsuit brought by ticket buyers against Ticketmaster. The suit charged that the firm engaged in anticompetitive behaviour and price-fixing with promoters.

1999 - Jean-Michel Jarre delivered a petition to the European Parliment signed by hundreds of leading European recording artists asking for better legal protection against music piracy on the internet.

1586 - Composer Johann Hermann Schein was born.

1855 - Composer Amedee-Ernest Chausson was born.

1894 - Composer Walter Hamor Piston was born.

1942 - Harry Babbitt sang as Kay Kyser and his Orchestra recorded, "Who Wouldn't Love You", on Columbia Records.

1958 - Elvis Presley got his orders to report to duty from the U.S. Army. He was allowed a 60-day deferment so he could finish the film "King Creole".

1965 - The Rolling Stones and the Kinks made their first appearance on ABC-TV's "Shindig!"

1969 - Elvis Presley recorded "In the Ghetto" and "Suspicious Minds." It was the first time he had recorded in Memphis since 1956.

1974 - Stevie Wonder played his first show after an auto accident that almost took his life five months earlier.

1999 - Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots), while on probation for a 1997 heroin case, was arrested for failing to provide a urine sample to his live-in drug treatment center.

1942 - Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded "One O'Clock Jump."

1957 - Chuck Berry recorded "School Day."

1962 - Jackie Wilson appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

1966 - George Harrison and Patricia Anne Boyd were married. Patty eventually left Harrison for Eric Clapton.

1984 - Jackie Wilson died after being in a coma for 8 years.

1990 - MTV's "Unplugged" made its debut with Squeeze as the first performers.

1998 - James Brown was released from a hospital where he had been treated for an addicition to painkillers at the age of 64. He was admitted on January 15, 1998.

1901 - Composer Hans Erich Apostel was born.

1959 - Buddy Holly made his last recordings alone with an acoustic guitar and tape recorder. The songs were released posthumously.

1962 - Gene Chandler made his TV debut on "American Bandstand."

1963 - Gerry & the Pacemakers held their first recording session. They produced "Away from You" and "Pretend."

1971 - The Joe Cocker film "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" debuted in London.

1984 - Barry Manilow sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XVIII.

1990 - Guns 'N' Roses guitarist Slash used profanity numerous times on live television while accepting an American Music Award.

1993 - Metallica began their "Nowhere Else To Roam" tour in Kalamazoo, MI.

1998 - Snoop Doggy Dogg filed a $10 million suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, its parent Coopers & Lybrand and former Gelfand accountant Steven Cantrock. The suit charged that they had mismanaged Snoop Doggy Dogg's money.

1753 - Composer Muzio Clementi was born.

1941 - Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded "Moonglow."

1978 - Vic Ames (Ames Brothers) died in an auto accident.

1980 - Prince's single "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad" was released.

1988 - Nirvana recorded a ten song demo tape with producer Jack Endino. The Melvin's Dale Crover was on drums.

1995 - Courtney Love appeared in Australian court on charges of abusing a flight attendant. She admitted to responding with an obscenity when a Quantas flight attendant told her to take her feet down from the airplane cabin wall. Love's sentence was one month of good behavior.

2002 - EMI announced that it would pay Mariah Carey $28 million to end their association which was planned to last for several albums estimated at $100 million.

1712 - Composer The Great Frederich was born.

1918 - Composer Gottfried von Einem was born.

1957 - Elvis Presley recorded "Teddy Bear."

1969 - Jethro Tull played its first U.S. concert in New York City as the opening act for Led Zeppelin.

1970 - James "Shep" Sheppard of the The Heartbeats and Shep and the Limelites, was found murdered in his car on the Long Island Expressway.

1989 - James Brown was sentenced to 6 years in jail for drug and and assault charges.

1995 - Van Halen released their "Balance" LP. It was the last album recorded with lead singer Sammy Hagar.

1851 - Composer Jan Blockx was born.

1886 - Composer Wilhelm Furtw�ngler was born.

1940 - Mary Martin recorded "My Heart Belongs to Daddy."

1962 - Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away" was released.

1969 - Creedence Clearwater Revival released the "Proud Mary" LP.

1984 - Yoko One donated $375,000 to Liverpool's Strawberry Fields retirement home.

1990 - Paul McCartney (Beatles) was profiled on CBS-TV's "48 Hours".

2002 - "Les Miserables" played for the 6,138th time to become the second-longest running show in Broadway history. "Cats" closed in 2000 with the record of 7,485 shows.

1911 - The Richard Strauss opera "Der Rosenkavalier" premiered in Dresden, Germany.

1970 - Australia's first rock festival, the Ourimbah Rock Festival was attended by 11,000 people over the weekend.

1974 - The Doobie Brothers opened their first European tour in London.

1977 - Patti Smith fell off the stage and was rushed to the hospital for 22 stitches to her head. She temporarily retired from stage performing.

1979 - The 'Gizmo' guitar synthesizer was first demonstrated.

1995 - Joni Mitchell made a rare concert appearance at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum theater in Los Angeles. She was promoting material from "Turbulent Indigo," her newest album.

1999 - The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that John Denver died in a 1997 airplane crash because he took off with too little fuel in one tank, had trouble switching to his backup tank and inadvertently put his plane into a roll while his attention was diverted.

1756 - Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.

1823 - Composer Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo was born.

1958 - Little Richard entered Oakwood College in Huntsville, AL. This was after he announced that he was giving up rock & roll so he could serve God.

1964 - The Rolling Stones appeared as judges on the British TV show "Juke Box Jury."

1968 - The Bee Gees made their U.S. debut with a concert at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.

1990 - "Tom Petty Day" was declared in the musician's hometown of Gainsville, FL.

1993 - Warner Brothers Records announced that it was releasing Ice-T from his contract due to "creative differences."

2002 - Koko Taylor, 66, fainted during a private function at her club, Koko Taylor's Celebrity. Her blood pressure and blood sugar level had gone up when she failed to take medication for diabetes. A blocked artery was also discovered.

1722 - Composer Johann Ernst Bach was born.

1927 - Jean Goldkette and his dancing orchestra recorded "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover."

1944 - Composer John Tavener was born.

1965 - The Who made their first appearance on the British TV rock show "Ready Steady Go!"

1978 - At the request of a fan, Ted Nugent autographed a man's arm with a bowie knife.

1980 - The original Ants split up with Adam.

1990 - Aaron Neville sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXIV.

1996 - Chris Isaak made a guest appearance on the NBC TV show "Friends."

1998 - Tracey Lawrence was convicted of battery stemming from a quarrel in September with his wife, Stacie. Lawrence was sentenced to pay $500 to a Las Vegas shelter for battered women.

1715 - Composer Georg Christoph Wagenseil was born.

1784 - Composer Ferdinand Ries was born.

1876 - Composer Havergal Brian was born.

1962 - Warner Bros. Records signed Peter, Paul & Mary.

1967 - Jimi Hendrix and The Who gave a tribute concert to the Beatles late manager, Brian Epstein.

1972 - Smokey Robinson left The Miracles.

1983 - Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac married Kim Anderson at her Los Angeles home. They were divorced the following year.

1994 - Mary Wilson, formerly with the Supremes, was injured when her jeep hit a freeway median and flipped over while driving outside of Los Angeles. Her 14-year old son was killed in the accident.

1998 - Paul Simon's musical "The Capeman" premiered in New York. The show opened three weeks behind schedule and to universally poor reviews.

2002 - Madonna and her daughter, Lourdes, went to the opening of an exhibition by fashion photographer Mario Testino at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

1566 - Composer Alessandro Piccinini was born.

1861 - Composer Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler was born.

1956 - Jerry Lee Lewis played piano for Billy Lee Riley's recording of "Red Hot."

1968 - Bobby Goldsboro recorded "Honey."

1973 - KISS played their first show at the Coventry Club in Queens, NY.

1990 - Bob Dylan was named commander in France's Order of Arts and Letters by the country's Culture Ministry.

1998 - Elton John recieved a knighthood in British Prime Minister Tony Blair's first New Year's Eve Honours List.

2002 - The musical "Taboo" opened at London's Leicester Square. The musical follows the life of Boy George.

2002 - Freddy Fender was released from a San Antonio, TX, hospital after having a kidney transplant the week before. Fender had been having problems related to diabetes and hepatitis C.

1759 - Composer Francois Devienne was born.

1798 - Composer Carl Gottlieb Reissiger was born.

1961 - The "Bobby Darin and Friends" TV special aired on NBC-TV.

1969 - Bobby Darin walked off the set of the "Jackie Gleason Show" when he was not allowed to sing "Long Line Rider."

1970 - Creedence Clearwater Revial (CCR) filmed a television special.

1978 - Greg Herbert (Blood Sweat & Tears) died of a drug overdose in Amsterdam during the band's European tour. He was 30 years old.

1986 - "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" opened co-starring Little Richard.

1998 - The "Come Together" benefit concert was held in New Jersey. The benefit was for the family of Sgt. Patrick King, a police officer in Long Branch, NJ, who was killed in the line of duty in 1997.

1999 - Cher sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXXIII.

2001 - It was announced that Peter Criss was leaving KISS and that he would be replaced by Eric Singer for the remainder of dates of the farewell tour. Criss' last show was on October 7, 2000.

1669 - Composer Miquel Lopez was born.

1896 - Puccini's opera La Boh�me was first staged in Turin, Italy.

1939 - Benny Goodman and his orchestra recorded "And the Angels Sing." Martha Tilton was the vocalist on the song.

1956 - The Rock and Roll Ice Revue opened at the Roxy Theater in New York City.

1963 - Neil Young, at age 17, performed his first professional date at a country club in Winnipeg.

1975 - Lisa Marie Presley met her favorite singer, Elton John, for her seventh birthday. The event was arranged by Elvis Presley.

1977 - The film "Genesis in Concert" premiered in London.

1985 - Glenn Frey (Eagles) appeared on an episode of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV.

1988 - The Cars disbanded.

2000 - C.C. DeVille announced that he was leaving Poison. The band later convinced him to come back.

2002 - Winona Ryder was charged with four felony counts that stemmed from her shoplifting arrest on December 12, 2001. She was charged with theft, burglary, vandalism and possession of a controlled substance.

1714 - Composer Gottfried August Homilius was born.

1949 - The first 45 RPM record was released.

1957 - Fats Domino sang "Blueberry Hill" and "Blue Monday" on the "Perry Como Show" on television.

1959 - The Coasters song, "Charlie Brown," was released.

1973 - NBC-TV debuted "Midnight Special."

1978 - Van Halen signed with Warner Brothers Records.

1993 - Willie Nelson and the IRS settle their longstanding tax feud. The U.S. government kept $3.6 million in assets it had already seized and Nelson would have to pay $5.4 million of the $13.1 million balance.

2002 - Britney Spears was the host and musical guest on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

1736 - Composer Johann Georg Albrechtsberger was born.

1911 - Composer Jehan Alain was born.

1956 - Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash held a recording session at Sun Studios in Memphis. The sessions were later named the "Million Dollar Quartet" and released.

1960 - The record label Reprise Records is formed by Frank Sinatra.

1977 - Elton John resumed live performing in Sweeden 15 months after he had announced that he would not perform live anymore.

1978 - Harry Chapin" met with U.S. President Carter to discuss hunger.

1993 - Harry Connick Jr. entered a plea bargain with New York authorities stemming from his arrest in December for having a gun in his carry-on luggage at New York's Kennedy Airport. Under the deal, Connick did not have to plead guilty to the crime, avoided going to jail and had to make public service announcements about carrying guns.

1996 - B.B. King guest starred on CBS-TV's "Touched by an Angel".

1999 - Trace Adkins fractured and dislocated his ankle while working to get his truck out of mud.

1887 - Verdi's opera "Otello" premiered at La Scala.

1957 - Bill Haley arrived for his first British tour.

1967 - Due to a Musicians' Union ban, the Rolling Stones were not allowed to play their hit "Let's Spend the Night Together" when they appeared on an ITV show.

1989 - Metallica's concert at Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX, was broadcast nationally via the Z-Rock radio network.

1998 - Elton John and Stevie Wonder played at the White House.

1818 - Composer Henry Charles Litolff was born.

1943 - Frank Sinatra made his debut as vocalist on radio's "Your Hit Parade."

1970 - John Lennon's "Instant Karma" with Yoko Ono's "Who Has Seen the Wind?" was released in the U.K.

1981 - Former Beatles, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison teamed up to record a musical tribute to John Lennon. The song "All Those Years Ago" was the result.

1987 - Sonny Bono declared his candidacy for mayor of Palm Springs.

1998 - Falco died in a traffic accident in the Dominican Republic.

1871 - Composer Wilhelm Stenhammar was born.

1959 - Buddy Holly's funeral was held in Lubbock, TX.

1964 - The Beatles arrived in New York to begin their first U.S. tour.

1979 - The Clash kick off their first American tour at the Berkeley Community Theatre outside San Francisco.

1981 - The TV mini-series "Elvis and Me" (based on Priscilla Presley's book) began on ABC.

1994 - Shannon Hoon of the Blind Melon's was ejected from the American Music Awards for loud and disruptive behavior. He was eventually charged with battery, assault, resisting arrest and destroying a police station phone.

1741 - Composer Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry was born.

1960 - The House of Representatives Special Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight opened hearings on disc jockey "payola."

1965 - The Supremes' "Stop in the Name Of Love" was released.

1969 - George Harrison's tonsils were removed at London's University College Hospital. The tonsils were destroyed so they could not be sold.

1972 - The official Beatles Fan Club disbanded.

1980 - In London, David Bowie and his wife Angie were divorced after nearly ten years of marriage. David gets custody of their nine-year old son, Zowie.

1988 - The Who (without Keith Moon) reunited for their 25th anniversary at a London awards ceremony.

1993 - Tom Jones guest starred on NBC-TV's "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air."

2000 - It was announced that Stan "the Man" Lee would create a comic book of the Backstreet Boys.

1885 - Composer Alban Berg was born.

1962 - Neil Sedaka recorded "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" for the first time.

1966 - Liza Minnelli brought her night club act to New York City. She opened at the Persian Room of the Plaza Hotel.

1972 - Wings made their concert debut at Nottingham University in England.

1983 - Prince's "Little Red Corvette" was released.

1993 - Paul McCartney released a solo album, "Off The Ground."

1999 - Dave Grohl (Foo Fighter), his Roswell Records label, EMI Entertainment World and EMI Virgin Songs filed a suit against Miramax in California, accusing them unauthorized use of the Foo Fighters' song "Big Me" in trailers for the film "Rounders."

1956 - Little Richard recorded "Long Tall Sally".

1968 - The Beatles turned all of their business affairs over to the newly formed Apple record company.

1978 - Van Halen's debut album was released.

1993 - Michael Jackson granted his first interview in 15 years to Oprah Winfrey. In the interview, Jackson claimed that he has a disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin and that he had had very little plastic surgery.

1892 - Composer Yrjo Kilpinen was born.

1937 - Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra recorded "A Study in Brown."

1955 - James Brown recorded "Please Please Please."

1961 - Johnny Burnette was rushed to a hospital in Hollywood for an emergency appendectomy.

1971 - Diana Ross guest starred on Danny Thomas' "Make Room For Granddaddy" TV show.

1977 - "American Bandstand" celebrated its 25th anniversary with an ABC-TV special hosted by Dick Clark.

1991 - "Cher at the Mirage" aired on CBS-TV.

1999 - Freddy Fender received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was the 2,129th star to be dedicated.

2002 - Stevie Wonder sang "Happy Birthday" to Rosa Parks on her 89th birthday at the premiere of the made-for-TV movie "Ride to Freedom: The Rosa Parks Story."

1760 - Composer Jan Ladislav Dussek was born.

1942 - Mildred Bailey recorded "More Than You Know" on Decca Records.

1961 - The Miracles' "Shop Around" became Motown's first million-selling single.

1968 - Jimi Hendrix returned home to Seattle where he received a key to the city and an honorary high school diploma. He also played for the students of Garfield High School from which he had dropped out.

1976 - Sal Mineo was murdered.

1981 - Deborah Harry of Blondie announced that she would be making a solo album.

1997 - David Bowie received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1778 - Composer Fernando Sor was born.

1870 - Composer Leopold Godowsky was born.

1940 - Earl 'Fatha' Hines and his orchestra recorded the classic "Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues".

1965 - Gary Lewis recorded "Count Me In."

1967 - The Beatles' "Penny Lane" backed with "Strawberry Fields Forever" was released in the U.S.

1972 - Led Zeppelin was forced to cancel a concert in Singapore when officials wouldn't let them off the plane because of their long hair.

1982 - The 300 pound gravestone on the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant was stolen from an Orange Park, FL, cemetery. Police found it two weeks later in a dry river bed.

1988 - Michael Jackson bought a ranch in Santa Ynez, California that he called "Neverland."

1813 - Composer Alexander Dargomyzhsky was born.

1958 - On CBS television Walter Cronkite reported that the Iranian government has banned rock & roll becausee it is against the concepts of Islam and also a hazard to health.

1967 - Aretha Franklin recorded her song "Respect" in New York.

1972 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono began a weeklong stay as co-hosts on "The Mike Douglas Show."

1972 - "Grease" opened off-Broadway, where it ran for the next decade for a total of 3,388 performances.

1974 - The Captain and Tennille were married.

1977 - The B-52's perform their first concert together in Athens, GA.

1981 - Billy Idol left Generation X for a solo career.

1986 - Frank Zappa appeared on "Miami Vice" playing a crime boss named "Mr. Frankie."

1998 - Marilyn Manson began an short book signing tour at Tower Records in New York. He was supporting his autobiography "It's A Long Hard Road Out of Hell."

2000 - KISS announced that they were going to do a farewell tour in makeup and then sell off the stage props from their career in an auction.

2001 - "Barbara Streisand: Timeless" aired on FOX. The show was a farewell-tour concert.

1847 - Composer Robert Fuchs was born.

1954 - Big Joe Turner recorded the original "Shake, Rattle & Roll".

1961 - The Marcels recorded "Blue Moon".

1964 - Sam Cooke announced that he was cutting back on live performances to concentrate on songwriting and building his record labels.

1967 - The first laws concerning anti-bootlegging were enacted.

1969 - A Florida woman was arrested for impersonating Aretha Franklin during a concert at a club.

1976 - Bette Midler bailed seven members of her entourage out of jail. They were arrested on cocaine and marijuana possession charges.

1981 - Mike Bloomfield died of an accidental drug overdose.

1995 - Metallic began recording their sixth album "Load."

1999 - "Rolling Stones Day" was declared in Minnesota.

1709 - Composer Charles Avison was born.

1963 - Paul Anka and Marie-Ann DeZogheb were married in Paris.

1968 - In Detroit, MI, Aretha Franklin day was declared.

1971 - Alan David Pasaro sued the Rolling Stones charging them with invasion of privacy. The charge stemmed from the footage of a stabbing in the film "Gimme Shelter." Pasaro was tried and acquitted for the stabbing death.

1984 - Jerry Lee Lewis surrendered to federal authorities to answer income tax evasion charges. He was later acquitted.

1990 - Ike Turner was sentenced to 4 years in prison on cocaine charges.

1998 - At the Brit Awards, Danbert Nobacon of Chumbawamba dumped a bucket of ice water on the U.K.'s Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

1999 - Rap star Ol' Dirty Bastard was arrested in Hollywood for allegedly wearing body armor, a forbidden garment because of his previous arrests. ODB was initially pulled over for driving eratically.

1830 - Composer Peter Arnold Heise was born.

1916 - The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presented its first concert. The symphony was the first by a municipal orchestra to be supported by taxes.

1964 - The Beatles played their first U.S. concert at the Collisseum in Washington, DC.

1966 - Cher recorded "Bang Bang."

1970 - The film "The Magic Christian," featuring Ringo Starr debuted in New York City.

1972 - David Bowie performed as "Ziggy Stardust" for the first time.

1983 - The Rolling Stones concert film "Let's Spend the Night Together" opened in New York.

1986 - The single "Superbowl Shuffle" by the Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew was certified gold by the RIAA.

1999 - Jaki Byard was found fatally shot at his home. He was 76.

1653 - Composer Arcangelo Corelli was born.

1862 - Composer Sir Edward German was born.

1904 - The opera "Madama Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini had its world premiere at La Scala in Milan.

1960 - The Everly Brothers signed with Warner Bros. Records in a 10-year contract worth $1 million.

1966 - Brian Wilson began recording the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations."

1970 - Joni Mitchell announced her retirement from live performances. She returned to the stage within a year.

1971 - James Taylor made his prime-time television debut on ABC's the "Johnny Cash Show."

1975 - John Lennon released "Rock n' Roll." It was his last record before he left the music business for 5 years.

1976 - Bette Midler was awarded the "Woman of the Year" award from Harvard's University's Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society.

1988 - A 12-year old fan of Motley Crue set his legs on fire while trying to imitate a stunt in the band's "Live Wire" video. The boy suffered burns over ten percent of his body.

1990 - Aerosmith appeared on Saturday Night Live. The performed the Wayne's World theme song while appearing in the skit as themselves.

2002 - It was reported that George Michael's in Hamstead was burglarized. The theft included his $114,000 Aston Martin sports car and $140,000 in paintings, jewelry and clothing.

1939 - Composer Marlos Nobre was born.

1959 - Ray Charles recorded "What'd I Say."

1969 - Lulu and Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) were married in England.

1974 - Yes played their first show at Madison Square Garden.

1992 - Vince Neil quit as lead singer of Motley Crue. After 11 years with the group he says he wants to spend more time on his career as a race car driver. The band reunited on the "American Music Awards" 5 years later.

1743 - Composer Luigi Boccherini was born.

1956 - The Platters recorded "Magic Touch."

1964 - Simon & Garfunkel completed the original acoustic version of "Sounds of Silence."

1970 - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart guest starred onn ABC-TV's "Bewitched".

1972 - Paul McCartney released "Give Ireland Back to the Irish." The song was immediately banned by the BBC.

1974 - KISS made thier TV debut on "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert."

1980 - Bon Scott, the lead singer of heavy metal band AC/DC, died in London at the age of 33. He died as a result of choking on his own vomit after drinking heavily.

1985 - Mick Jaggeer released "She's The Boss". It was his first solo album.

1995 - Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) and Pamela Anderson were married.

1995 - Roxette performed in Beijing. It was the first concert for a western artist in China since 1984 when George Michael performed.

1997 - Miles Davis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1998 - The Stray Cats reunited for a single show at L.A.'s House Of Blues. The show was a benefit for the Carl Perkins Foundation.

2003 - In West Warwick, RI, 99 people were killed when fire destroyed the nightclub The Station. The fire started with sparks from a pyrotechnic display being used by Great White. Ty Longley, guitarist for Great White, was one of the victims in the fire.

1745 - Composer Johann Peter Saloman was born.

1791 - Composer Carl Czerny was born.

1940 - Larry Clinton and his orchestra recorded "Limehouse Blues".

1964 - The Beach Boys recorded "Don't Worry Baby".

1969 - The X-rated film "Candy" premiered. It was Ringo Starr's first non-musical role in a film.

1974 - Cher filed for separation from husband Sonny Bono. She filed for divorce not long afterwards. They had been married for 10 years.

1982 - Singer Pat Benatar married musician-producer Neil Geraldo in Hawaii. It was Benatar's second marriage.

1996 - Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg and a bodyguard were found not guilty of first-degree murder. The jury was deadlocked on voluntary manslaughter charges resulting in a mistrial.

1998 - The first of two concerts honoring the late Nicolette Larson was held.

2002 - In Los Angeles, CA, a jury awarded a woman $40,000 for wrongful termination from James Brown's company in 1999. The woman had also claimed that she had been sexually harassed.

1801 - Composer Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda was born.

1844 - Composer Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor was born.

1911 - Gustav Mahler conducted his last concert. He collapsed immediately afterward from a severe streptococcal infection. He died on May 18.

1968 - McGraw-Hill, Inc. outbids eight other American publishers for the U.S. rights to Hunter Davies' authorized biography of the Beatles. They paid $150,000 for the rights.

1977 - Neil Diamond's in-concert TV special aired on NBC.

1987 - Sly Stone was jailed on drug charges.

1817 - Composer Niels Wilhelm Gade was born.

1956 - Elvis Presley entered the music charts for the first time with "Heartbreak Hotel."

1965 - Filming for the Beatles' second movie, "HELP!" began in the Bahamas.

1978 - Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen were arrested in New York and charged with drug possession.

1986 - MTV aired 22 hours of the Monkees TV episodes in celebration of their 20th anniversary as a group.

1989 - Metallica performed the song "One" on the Grammy Awards.

1648 - Composer John Blow was born.

1730 - Composer Christian Joseph Lidarti was born.

1811 - Composer George Washington Hewitt was born.

1873 - Composer Dmitri Arakishvili was born.

1876 - Composer Edgar Istel was born.

1886 - Composer Albert Edward Sammons was born.

1924 - Composer Lejaren Hiller was born.

1937 - Bing Crosby sang with Lani McIntyre and his band as "Sweet Leilani" was recorded.

1970 - Ringo Starr guest starred on "Laugh-In." It was his first solo TV appearance.

1974 - Columbia Records released Billy Joel's "Piano Man."

1993 - Little Richard received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

1995 - Melvin Franklin (Temptations) died of heart failure.

1999 - Garth Brooks attended spring training camp with the San Diego Padres as a non-roster player. The Padres Foundation agreed to contribute to the Touch 'Em All Foundation in lieu of a salary to Brooks.

2000 - Sean "Puffy" Combs was indicted on charges of bribing a witness. According to the Manhattan District Attorney's office, Combs offered money and jewelry to his driver, and asked him to claim ownership of a gun that police recovered from the Comb's car following a Dec. 27, 1999, shooting at a New York nightclub.

2000 - A cover of the Led Zeppelin classic "What Is And What Should Never Be" by Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes became available for free download exclusively from Musicmaker.com.

1766 - Composer Samuel Wesley was born.

1940 - Frances Langford recorded "When You Wish Upon a Star".

1964 - The Beatles appeared for the 3rd time on "The Ed Sullivan Show." They appeared via tape.

1969 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience played its last British concert before breaking up.

1978 - "The Second Barry Manilow Special" aired on ABC-TV with guest star Ray Charles.

1979 - The Sex Pistols released the album "The Great Rock N' Roll Swindle."

1987 - Fats Domino received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

1990 - Bob Dylan joined Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and David Crosby to sing "Mr. Tambourine Man" at a Los Angeles tribute to the late Roy Orbison.

1992 - Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love were married in Hawaii.

1998 - Elton John was knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.

1998 - Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) was arrested and charged with hitting his wife Pamela Anderson Lee.

1999 - Lauryn Hill won five Grammy awards for her debut solo album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."

1727 - Composer Armand-Louis Couperin was born.

1953 - The musical "Wonderful Town" opened. It ran for 559 performances.

1963 - The Beatles released their first U.S. single "Please Please Me."

1987 - Frank Sinatra guest starred on CBS-TV's "Magnum P.I."

1995 - Lyle Lovett broke his collarbone riding a motorcycle in Mexico.

1999 - Prince filed a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit against nine Web sites, with allegations that included selling bootlegged recordings and offering unauthorized song downloads.

1770 - Composer Anton Reicha was born.

1954 - A U.S. Congresswoman introduced a bill to prohibit the distribution of "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" recordings.

1955 - Billboard reported that the 45rpm single format was outselling the 78s for the first time.

1966 - The Rolling Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" was released.

1975 - Harry Chapin's revue "The Night That Made America Famous" opened on Broadway.

1978 - Vladimir Horowitz marked the 50th anniversary of his U.S. debut with a performance at the White House.

1987 - Capitol Records released the first 4 Beatles albums on CD.

1991 - "Rockline on MTV" premiered.

1998 - Tommy Lee of Motley Crue was formally charged with abusing his wife Pamela Anderson Lee, and one of their sons, Dylan.

1848 - Composer Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry was born.

1960 - The Miracles made their first TV appearance on "American Bandstand."

1970 - Jefferson Airplane was fined $1,000 for using profanity during a concert in Oklahoma City.

1977 - Keith Richards' Toronto hotel suite was raided by Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Richards was arrested and charged possession of heroin with the intent to traffic and possession of cocaine. He was release on $25,000 bail.

1990 - Milli Vanilli's Rob Pilatus shared his perspective on life with Time magazine. In the interview he said, "Musically, we're more talented than any Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney. Mick Jagger can't produce a sound. I'm the new Elvis."

1997 - James Brown asked talk show hostess Rolanda White to marry him during the taping of one of her shows. She didn't marry him.

1998 - Vince Neil of Motley Crue announced an agreement with Internet Entertainment Group and Vivid Video to distribute a 60-minute home video of him having sex with two adult film models in Hawaii.

1876 - Composer John Alden Carpenter was born.

1930 - Ted Lewis and his orchestra recorded "On the Sunny Side of the Street."

1968 - Frankie Lymon died of a heroin overdose.

1974 - Bobby Bloom shot himself to death at the age of 28.

1984 - Michael Jackson won a record eight Grammy awards connected to the album "Thriller."

1991 - In Los Angeles, "Curtis Mayfield Day" was held.

2000 - Songwriter Stan Penrige sued the members of Kiss, the band's publishing company, and Universal Music Group. Penrige charged that he had been shortchanged millions in publishing royalties for the song "Beth."

1792 - Composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini was born.

1932 - Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers teamed up to record "Shine."

1980 - Buddy Holly's glasses and the Big Bopper's wristwatch were found in old police files by the Mason City Sheriff. The items were worn by the men when their plane crashed of February 3, 1959.

2000 - Puff Daddy plead not guilty to charges that he had attempted to bribe a professional driver to take responsibility for a 9mm handgun that had been found in a vehicle with Puff Daddy following a shooting in 1999.

1810 - Composer Frederic Chopin was born.

1928 - Paul Whiteman and his orchestra recorded "Ol' Man River."

1957 - The Everly Brothers signed with Cadence Records and then recorded "Bye Bye Love."

1958 - Buddy Holly & the Crickets opened their only British tour in London.

1968 - Johnny Cash and June Carter were married.

1969 - Jim Morrison of the Doors was arrested and officially charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent behavior, open profanity and public drunkenness in Miami. Morrison was later sentenced. Morrison died while the sentence was under appeal.

1972 - John Lennon was granted an extension on his American work visa. Lennon then began recording "Sometime in New York City."

1974 - Queen began their first headlining tour or England.

1977 - Sara Lowndes Dylan filed for a divorce from Bob Dylan.

1981 - The TV movie "Elvis and the Beauty Queen" was aired on NBC. Don Johnson played the role of Elvis.

1985 - A Beatles song was used for the first time in a U.S. TV commercial. Lincoln-Mercury used the song, "HELP!"

1991 - "The Doors" movie debuted. Val Kilmer played the role of Jim Morrison.

1998 - Prince released the 3-CD set "Crystal Ball." The initial release was restricted to the web site http://www.love4oneanother.com.

1824 - Composer Bedrich Friedrich Smetana was born.

1921 - Composer Robert Simpson was born.

1964 - The Beatles began their first film, "A Hard Day's Night."

1975 - Linda McCartney was arrested for personal possession of marijuana. Paul was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident but was not charged.

1981 - Michael Jackson was a guest on Diana Ross' third TV special "diana" on CBS.

1875 - The Georges Bizet opera Carmen premiered in Paris.

1931 - The first jazz album to sell a million copies was recorded. It was "Minnie The Moocher" by Cab Calloway.

1957 - Samuel Cardinal Stritch banned rock 'n' roll from Chicago archdiocese Roman Catholic schools.

1966 - Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield.

1978 - The first Van Halen nationwide tour began in Chicago, IL.

1985 - Madame Tussaud's waxworks unveiled their look-alike of Michael Jackson.

1995 - Bill Berry of R.E.M. underwent surgery to halt a bleeding brain aneurysm.

1998 - C-BO was arrested for parole violation. The violation was the use of lyrics that encouraged violence against police officers. He was held without bail.

2003 - Penguin Group announced that Madonna had written five illustrated story books for readers aged 6 and above. Publication was scheduled to begin in September 2003.

1877 - The Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" debuted.

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

1976 - Hall & Oates recorded "Rich Girl."

1980 - E.Y. Harburg died in an auto accident in Hollywood, CA, at the age of 82.

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

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

1887 - Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was born.

1960 - Elvis Presley was honorably discharged from the Army.

1968 - Jerry Lee Lewis opened in the rock musical adaptation of "Othello" in Hollywood, CA.

1969 - Dusty Springfield collapsed while taping a TV appearance.

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

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

1959 - The Drifters recorded "There Goes My Baby."

1970 - Charles Manson released his album "Lies" to finance his defense against murder charges.

1976 - Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon" was released.

1977 - "An Evening With Diana Ross" aired on NBC-TV.

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.

1999 - George Jones was severely injured in a car accident.

1858 - Composer Nikolai Artzibushev was born.

1887 - Composer Heino Eller was born.

1967 - Sandra Dee received a divorce from Bobby Darin.

1985 - The song "We Are the World" was heard on the radio for the first time.

1714 - Composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was born.

1962 - The Beatles performed for the first time on the BBC in Great Britain. The show was "Teenager's Turn".

1968 - The Fillmore East opened in New York City.

1973 - Paul McCartney plead 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.

1987 - Bob Seger ended a tour that he claimed would be his last. It was not his last tour however.

1737 - Composer Josef Myslivecek was born.

1942 - Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "Well, Git It!"

1966 - The Beach Boys recorded "God Only Knows."

1975 - Elvis Presley began his final recording session at RCA's Hollywood studios.

1979 - ABC-TV aired the documentary "Heroes of Rock & Roll."

1995 - Rapper T-Bone was acquitted of murder charges in Torance, CA.

1998 - American dancer Alan Reed sued female Japanese star Seiko Matsuda for 48 million YEN in damages for alleged sexual harassment.

1839 - Composer Dudley Buck was born.

1892 - Composer Arthur Oscar Honegger was born.

1979 - James Brown played at the Grand Ole Opry.

1992 - Prince received a lifetime achievement award at the Soul Train Awards.

1942 - Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra recorded "Sleepy Lagoon".

1963 - In London, Manfred Mann's first concert was held.

1968 - Otis Redding posthumously received a gold record for his single, "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay".

1982 - Jimmy Sohns (Shadows of Knight) was arrested for distributing cocaine.

1991 - Janet Jackson signed a deal with Virgin Records for 2 albums worth $50 million.

1710 - Composer Thomas Augustine Arne was born.

1939 - Artie Shaw and his band recorded "Deep Purple."

1957 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded "Maybe Baby."

1969 - George Harrison and his wife Patti were arrested in Esher, Surrey. The charge was cannabis resin possession after authorities found 120 joints in their house.

1996 - The album "Unplugged" was released by KISS.

1998 - Korn served a cease-and-desist demand to a Michigan assistant principal, the high school and the school district who suspended a student for wearing a T-shirt that had the band's name on it.

1860 - Composer Hugo Wolf was born.

1947 - The musical "Brigadoon" opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City.

1961 - Rick Nelson recorded "Travelin' Man".

1973 - Pink Floyd released "Dark Side of the Moon".

1975 - Rush released "Fly By Night".

1984 - MTV premired its weekly "Top 20 Video Countdown" show.

1987 - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1998 - The Smashing Pumpkins filed a suit against a U.K. based Sound And Media Ltd. for at least $1 million. The band alleged that the company released a "book-with-CD" without the proper clearances.

1681 - Composer Georg Philipp Telemann was born.

1804 - Composer Johann I Strauss was born.

1956 - The movie "Rock Around the Clock" (with Bill Haley) made its premier in Washington, DC.

1960 - Sam Cooke began his first tour of the West Indies.

1965 - Petula Clark made her American TV debut on CBS' "Ed Sullivan Show."

1981 - Eric Clapton was admitted to United Hospital in St. Paul, MN, after a serious attack of bleeding ulcers. Clapton cancelled a 60-date tour of the U.S.

1995 - Prince released the single "Purple Medley."

1998 - Jo Dee Messina made her Grand Ole Opry debut.

1835 - Composer Eduard Strauss was born.

1945 - "Billboard" magazine began listing a top albums chart. The first #1 was "The Nat King Cole Trio."

1956 - The Lerner and Loewe musical "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway.

1974 - The Emerson, Lake and Palmer movie "Pictures at an Exhibition" premiered in Los Angeles, CA.

1976 - "Destroyer" was released by KISS.

1999 - Relatives of Buddy Holly filed a suit against MCA Records for allegedly hoarding royalty payments, forging contracts and illegally producing albums without the consent of the family.

1839 - Composer Josef Gabriel Rheinberger was born.

1956 - Carl Perkins appeared on "Ozark Jubilee." It was his first television appearance.

1962 - Billboards reported that Ray Charles had started Tangerine, his own record label.

1968 - The Bee Gees made their U.S. television debut on the "Ed Sullivan Show." They performed "To Love Somebody" and "Words."

1990 - Whitney Houston headlined an AIDS benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

1995 - Suzanne Vega married Mitchell Froom.

1997 - The RIAA announced that the Eagles' "Greatest Hits" album had tied Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as the all-time best-selling album in the U.S.

1844 - Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was born.

1902 - Enrico Caruso recorded 10 arias for the Gramophone Company. He was the first well-known performer to make a record.

1940 - Glen Gray and his orchestra recorded "No Name Jive."

1965 - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Bill Wyman were arrested for "insulting behavior" in London. The act was urinating on the wall of the Francis Garage.

1978 - California Jam II was held in Ontario, CA. Over 250,000 people were in attendance.

1992 - Donna Summer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1994 - The city of Kenner, LA, name a street after Lloyd Price.

1996 - The Sex Pistols announced that they were reuniting for a 20th anniversary tour.

1997 - Taylor Hawkins replaced William Goldsmith as the drummer for the Foo Fighters.

1998 - Michael Jackson and his son went shopping at a toy store in Munich, Germany. Jackson was dressed as an Arab woman.

2000 - The U.S. Postal Service issued a 20-cent stamped postcard that featured the historic Ryman Auditorium, the home of the Grand Ole Opry for more than 30 years.

2002 - In Concord, CA, about 1,500 teenagers swarmed a music store to get autographs from the band B2K. The Sun Valley Mall was temporarily shut down due to the unexpectedly large crowd.

1859 - The opera Faust by Charles Gounod premiered in Paris.

1873 - Composer Max Reger was born.

1941 - Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena."

1958 - "Our Song" was released by Tom and Jerry. Later they used their real names, which were Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

1968 - Donovan traveled to India to study transcendental meditation under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

1975 - The third album from KISS, "Dressed to Kill," was released.

1982 - Randy Rhoads died at the age of 25 in a plane crash. The plane was buzzing Ozzy Osbourne's tour bus when it crashed. The pilot and another female passenger were also killed.

1993 - Drummer Jeff Ward was found dead in his home in Chicago. It was believed he had committed suicide.

1999 - George Jones left the hospital after being severely injured in a car accident on March 6, 1999.

1908 - In New York, Beethoven's "Fidelio" opened at the Metropolitan Opera.

1935 - "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio.

1948 - Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra were featured in the first televised symphonic concert.

1960 - Elvis Presley made his first post-Army recording.

1965 - The first Motown tour of the U.K. began.

1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono were married in Gibraltar.

1972 - Ringo Starr released "Back Off, Boogaloo."

1977 - The final live T. Rex concert took place.

1984 - Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) married Britt Ekland.

1991 - Eric Clapton's 4 year old son, Conor, died after falling from a 53rd story New York City apartment window.

1995 - "Baby It's You," by the Beatles, was released.

1942 - Fats Waller recorded "The Jitterbug Waltz" in New York.

1963 - "Puff The Magic Dragon" was released by Peter, Paul and Mary.

1969 - The musical "1776" opened on Broadway.

1979 - Twisted Sister became the first band to sell out New York City's Palladium without ever releasing a record. The band did not sign a record deal until 3 years later.

1999 - The album "Great Zeppelin: A Tribute To Led Zeppelin" was released by Great White.

1685 - Composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

1839 - Composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was born.

1918 - Composer Sir Charles Thompson was born.

1941 - Singer Paula Kelly joined Glenn Miller's band.

1963 - Elliott Gould and Barbara Streisand were married.

1970 - Faces, with new lead singer Rod Stewart, released their first LP, "First Step."

1982 - Donny Osmond starred in the title role on Broadway of "Little Johnny Jones."

1985 - Boy George said In "Women's World" magazine that he would never marry, settle down, or become a father.

1987 - Dean Martin, Jr. (Dino, Desi & Billy) died in a plane crash while in the Air National Guard.

1989 - Madonna's LP "Like A Prayer" was released.

2000 - Pantera released the album "Reinventing The Steel."

1865 - Composer Theophile Ysaye was born.

1956 - Sammy Davis, Jr. starred in the play, "Mr. Wonderful," in New York City.

1958 - Hank Williams Jr. made his stage debut in Swainsboro, GA, at the age of eight.

1963 - The Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," was released in the U.K.

1977 - The John Denver TV special "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" was aired on ABC.

1999 - Britney Spears' album "...Baby One More Time" was certified triple platinum by the RIAA.

1743 - Handel's Messiah was performed for the first time in London.

1792 - Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G Major (the "Surprise Symphony") was performed publicly for the first time, in London.

1896 - Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chenier," premiered in Milan, Italy.

1963 - The Beach Boys released "Surfin' U.S.A."

1969 - Anita Bryant and the Letterman appeared at a "Rally For Decency" in Miami following Jim Morrison's indecent exposure onstage there.

1978 - The Police signed with A&M Records.

1985 - Julian Lennon held his first concert in San Antonio, TX.

1988 - Mick Jagger made his first solo appearance on stage in Japan.

1999 - Pope John Paul II's "Abba Pater" was released. The 11 tracks chanting and praying with musical accompaniment.

1721 - In Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach published the Six Brandenburg Concertos.

1958 - Elvis Presley was sworn in as a private in the U.S. Army.

1966 - The New York State Assembly passed a bill making it a misdemeanor to sell bootlegs.

1978 - The British courts granted British record companies the rights to seize bootleg and pirate recordings.

1991 - The Black Crowes were dropped as the opening act on ZZ Top's tour for repeatedly criticizing Miller Beer. Miller Beer was sponsoring the tour.

1998 - Type O Negative released its first home video, "After Dark."

1699 - Composer Johann Adolph Hasse was born.

1852 - Friedrich Hebbel's "Agnes Bernauer," premiered in Munich.

1931 - Hal Kemp and his orchestra recorded "Whistles," with Skinnay Ennis.

1960 - Roy Orbison recorded "Only the Lonely."

1967 - The Who made its U.S. concert debut in New York.

1974 - Barbra Streisand recorded the album "Butterfly."

1979 - Van Halen released the album "Van Halen II."

1990 - Tommy Lee of Motley Crue was arrested for allegedly exposing his buttocks during a concert in Augusta, GA.

1995 - Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam was rescued after a riptide carried him 250 feet offshore in New Zealand.

1827 - Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died.

1941 - Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra recorded the tune "Battle Axe."

1964 - "Funny Girl" opened on Broadway starring Barbara Streisand.

1965 - It was announced that Jeff Beck would take Eric Clapton's place in the Yardbirds.

1970 - Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary pled guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl in Washington, DC.

1977 - The first single by Elvis Costello, "Less Than Zero", was released.

1986 - Guns N' Roses was signed to Geffen Records.

1995 - An opera based on the life of tennis player Martina Navratilova premiered at New York's Carnegie Hall.

1851 - Composer Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'Indy was born.

1927 - Composer Mstislav Leopold Rostropovich was born.

1950 - Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner became one of the first jazz instrumentalists to give a solo concert. In 1954, he wrote the song "Misty."

1967 - The Young Rascals recorded "Groovin'."

1973 - "Rolling Stone" reported that Carlos Santana had changed his name to "Devadip."

1981 - AC/DC released "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap."

1986 - Sammy Hagar played his first show as lead singer of Van Halen.

1991 - Donnie Wahlberg of The New Kids on the Block was arrested in Louisville, KY, for first-degree arson. He allegedly poured vodka on a hotel carpet and set it on fire.

1998 - Construction began on Alice Cooper's new Coopers'town Restaurant in Phoenix, AZ.

1896 - The opera "Andrea Chenier," by Umberto Giordano, premiered in Milan, Italy.

1943 - Sergei Rachmaninoff died.

1964 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London announced the Beatles would be cast in wax.

1967 - Van Morrison recorded "Brown Eyed Girl."

1970 - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "Woodstock" was released.

1979 - Eric Clapton and Patti "Layla" Boyd were married. Patti was George Harrison's ex-wife.

1986 - More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.

1996 - Phil Collins announced that he was leaving Genesis to concentrate on his solo career.

2002 - The National Museum of American History put a cornet that had belonged to Louis Armstrong on display.

1902 - Composer Sir William Turner Walton was born.

1951 - "The King and I" opened on Broadway.

1973 - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone."

1980 - The BeeGees were sued by a Chicago man for plagiarism of the song "How Deep Is Your Love." The BeeGees won the case on appeal.

1998 - Shania Twain began her first headlining tour in her Canadian homeland in Sudbury, Ontario.

1719 - Author Sir John Hawkins was born. He was the author of the first history of music.

1963 - Leslie Gore first appeared on ABC's "American Bandstand."

1966 - 85 people were arrested for rioting after a Rolling Stones concert in Paris.

1968 - The Yardbirds performed and recorded "Live Yardbirds" at the Anderson Theater.

1978 - Paul Simonon and Topper Headon of the Clash were arrested in London for shooting pigeons from the roof of a rehearsal hall.

1994 - Pink Floyd released the album "The Division Bell."

1684 - Composer Francesco Durante was born.

1901 - Anton Dvorak's opera "Rusalka" premiered in Russia.

1958 - Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" was released.

1982 - The Doobie Brothers announced their break-up.

1989 - Guns N' Roses released their single "Patience."

1992 - Human touch and Lucky Day, both by Bruce Springsteen were released.

1995 - Selena was killed by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar. Saldivar had been fired for embezzlement.

1998 - The video for "Good Times," the only movie to star Sonny & Cher, hit stores. The video included an unreleased version of "I Got You Babe." The movie was made in 1967.

1582 - Composer Thomas Simpson was born.

1866 - Composer Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni was born.

1956 - Elvis Presley filmed his first Hollywood screen test.

1961 - Troy Shondell recorded "This Time."

1966 - David Bowie's first solo single, "Do Anything You Say," was released.

1970 - The "Woodstock" movie premiered in Hollywood.

1976 - David Gilmour's (Pink Floyd) house was broken into. Several of his guitars were stolen.

1978 - The Philadelphia Fury soccer team made its debut. The team was owned by Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, James Taylor and others.

1983 - Kirk Hammett joined Metallica.

1985 - David Lee Roth left Van Halen to pursue a solo career.

1990 - Duff (Guns & Roses) and Mandy Brix (Lame Flames) were divorced.

1992 - Billy Idol pled no contest to punching a woman in the face. He was fined and told to make public service announcements against alcohol and drug use.

1800 - Beethoven's "Opus 21: Symphony No. 1 in C major" was first performed for Baron von Swieten.

1942 - Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded "American Patrol."

1964 - The Beach Boys recorded "I Get Around."

1967 - Steve Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group to form Traffic.

1972 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a news conference in New York to discuss their appeal of the Immigration Department's decision to deport John.

1977 - Stevie Wonder�s tribute to Duke Ellington, "Sir Duke," was released.

1993 - Roberta Flack appeared on the ABC-TV soap opera "Loving."

1998 - Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) died in a hotel room in Frankfurt, Germany.

1999 - The Black Crowes performed in Knoxvilled, TN. One of the concergoers later sued the band for $385,000 in a claim that he had suffered significant hearing loss at the show.

1627 - Composer Johann Caspar Kerll was born.

1895 - Composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was born.

1956 - Elvis Presley performed on "The Milton Berle Show." The show was broadcast live from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock. Elvis played the songs "Heartbreak Hotel," "Money, Honey," and "Blue Suede Shoes."

1960 - The Everly Brothers made their British concert debut.

1969 - Jim Morrison was arrested by the FBI for interstate flight, which stemmed from obscenity charges after a Miami concert.

1978 - Cher's TV special with guest Rod Stewart aired on ABC.

1991 - Dweezil Zappa and Donny Osmond performed the BeeGees song "Stayin' Alive."

1998 - Dave Navarro left the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

1859 - Daniel Emmett introduced "I Wish I was in Dixie�s Land." About two years later the song became the Civil War song of the Confederacy.

1939 - Glenn Miller recorded his theme song, "Moonlight Serenade."

1959 - Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" hit #13. It was his first posthumous hit.

1964 - The Beatles made music history by holding the top five places in the singles charts with: "Can't Buy Me Love," "Twist and Shout," "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "Please Please Me."

1970 - Janis Joplin held a reunion concert with Big Brother & the Holding Company in San Francisco, CA.

1981 - The documentary film "This is Elvis" premiered at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, TX.

1996 - Wilson Pickett was arrested for cocaine possession while on probation.

2000 - Diana Ross announced that she would reunite with the Supremes. The two members of the Supremes at the time had joined after Ross had left the trio.

1784 - Composer Ludwig Spohr was born.

1958 - Irvin Feld's Greatest Show of Stars opened an 80-day tour of North America.

1974 - The Guess Who hosted a celebrity tennis tournament in Toronto to benefit Ballet of Canada.

1977 - David Bowie appeared on Dinah Shore's TV special.

1983 - The Beach Boys were banned from the Fourth of July concert at the White House. U.S. President Ronald Reagan overturned the ban two days later.

1993 - Construction began on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

1994 - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) killed himself with a shotgun. He was found three days later.

1999 - Three of Tammy Wynette's daughters filed a $50 million lawsuit that blamed Wynette's death on negligence by her husband and her doctor.

2000 - Ziggy Marley became the official spokesman for the Hemp Bar.

1660 - Composer Johann Kuhnau was born.

1815 - Composer Friedrich Robert Volkmann was born.

1956 - Paramount Pictures signed Elvis Presley to a three-movie deal.

1957 - Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" was released.

1962 - The Russian newspaper "Pravda" warned youths about the dangers of twisting.

1968 - Apple Corps Ltd., the Beatles' record company and management and publishing firm, opened.

1971 - Carly Simon and James Taylor first met at the Troubador nightclub in Los Angeles.

1974 - "Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones" opened at New York City's Ziegfeld Theatre. It was the first concert film to feature a soundtrack in quadraphonic sound.

1983 - U.S. Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall. He said rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."

1985 - Gilbert O'Sullivan won a $2 million lawsuit against his former manager for unpaid royalties.

1998 - A group of 27 country artists filed suit against Los Angeles resident Jim Salmon who registered the names of the plaintiffs as Website domain names.

1763 - Composer Domenico Dragonetti was born.

1956 - "Rock 'n Roll Dance Party" premiered on the CBS Radio Network.

1975 - Beverly Sills made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Gioacchino Rossini's "Siege of Corinth."

1985 - Prince ended his 32-city tour in Miami, FL, and said that he was withdrawing from live performances for "an indeterminate number of years." He later returned to live performing.

1985 - At Farm Aid IV, Elton John performed "Candle in the Wind" for Ryan White. White, a young boy with AIDS, died later the same day.

1997 - Oasis singer Liam Gallagher marries actress Patsy Kensit.

1998 - Carlos Vega died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

1998 - Mary Bono, the widow of Sonny Bono, won a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term.

1533 - Composer Claudio Merulo was born.

1843 - Composer Asger Hamerik was born.

1968 - The Petula Clark TV special "Petula" aired on NBC.

1973 - Neil Young's docu-autobiography, "Journey through the Past," premiered at the U.S. Film Festival in Dallas.

1977 - The Damned became the first British punk group to perform at New York's club CBGB.

1983 - Danny Rapp (Danny and the Juniors) was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 41.

1994 - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) was found dead at the age of 27. He had committed suicide three days before.

1998 - It was reported that Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones) had caught on fire aboard a small boat in the islands south of Rio de Janneiro. An engine had been the cause of the fire.

1717 - Composer Georg Matthias Monn was born.

1940 - Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga."

1965 - The Rolling Stones made their first live appearance on British TV's "Ready Steady Go!"

1966 - Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" was released.

1973 - Paul McCartney released the song "My Love."

1976 - Phil Ochs committed suicide at the age of 35.

1981 - The Sam Goody record chain and a top company executive were convicted of trafficking pirated tapes.

1990 - Billy Idol released the single "Cradle of Love."

1998 - A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded Michael Jackson $2.7 million in damages in a defamation-of-character suit against Victor Gutierrez of the TV show Hard Copy.

2002 - Eminem agreed to pay $100,000 minus attorney's fees to a man who had filed a civil lawsuit against him for allegedly hitting him in the head and face with an unloaded handgun. The man, John Guerra, had kissed Eminem's wife Kim.

1633 - Composer Werner Fabricius was born.

1927 - "Ballet Macanique" was presented for the first time at Carnegie Hall in New York City. It was the first symphonic work that used an airplane propeller and other mechanical contraptions not normally associated with the ballet.

1956 - Nat King Cole was beaten up by a group of racial segregationists in Birmingham, AL.

1958 - Bobby Darin recorded "Splish Splash."

1967 - The song "Somethin' Stupid" became the first father-daughter song to hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart. The song was performed by Nancy and Frank Sinatra.

1971 - John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" hit the charts. It was his first appearance on the charts.

1977 - David Soul's "Don't Give Up on Us" was the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit. Soul starred as as Ken Hutchinson in the television show "Starsky and Hutch."

1991 - Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) agreed to tape public service announcements warning against doing drugs, driving drunk, and starting fires. The deal was an exchange for having arson charges against him reduced by a Louisville, KY, judge.

1999 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers were the musical guests on "Saturday Night Live."

2002 - The Statler Brothers announced their final tour dates. The group said they planned to continue making music after their retirement from touring.

1682 - Composer Jean-Joseph Mouret was born.

1956 - James Brown debuts on the R&B charts with "Please, Please, Please."

1966 - NBC broadcasted the last episode of "Hulabaloo."

1968 - Big Brother & the Holding Company made their national TV debut on ABC's "Hollywood Palace."

1970 - Peter Green announced that he would be leaving Fleetwood Mac.

1983 - Dave Prater of Sam & Dave was killed in an automobile accident.

1990 - Elton John sang at the funeral of AIDS victim Ryan White.

1992 - Lee Greenwood married Kimberly Payne. It was his fifth marriage and her first.

1994 - Nirvana's album "In Utero" was certified double-platinum.

1997 - Savage Garden released their self-titled debut album.

1716 - Composer Felice de' Giardini was born.

1801 - Composer Joseph Franz Karl Lanner was born.

1954 - Bill Haley and the Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock." The song was released a year later in the movie "Blackboard Jungle."

1955 - The national radio show "Your Hit Parade" celebrated its 20th anniversary.

1964 - Chubby Checker and former Miss World, Catherina Lodders, were married.

1969 - Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer" was released.

1972 - The Rolling Stones released "Exile on Main Street."

1975 - The movie version of "Tommy" opened.

1984 - "Louie Louie Day" was held in Olympia, WA.

1986 - Belinda Carlisle married Morgan Mason.

1990 - James Brown was released from a South Carolina jail on work furlough after serving 15 months of a six-year sentence for aggravated assault.

1999 - Shania Twain became the only female artist in music history to sell at least 10 million units with back to back releases.

2000 - It was announced that Tony Bennett would have a selection of his paintings exhibited at a London gallery from May 16 until June 16. The title of the exhibition is "What My Heart Has Seen."

2002 - Ozzy Osbourne received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1742 - George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" was first performed publicly, in Dublin, Ireland.

1958 - Van Cliburn of Kilgore, TX, earned 1st prize in the Soviet Union's Tchaikovsky International Piano Contest in Moscow. He was the first American to win the award.

1969 - Diana Ross appeared solo on Dinah Shore's NBC-TV special "Like Hep".

1971 - The Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar" the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records.

1979 - David Lee Roth collapsed from exhaustion during a Van Halen show in Spokane, WA.

1982 - David Crosby (Byrds, CSN) was arrested for the second time in three weeks for drugs in Dallas.

1985 - "The Grand Ole Opry" debuted on television.

1999 - VH1 debuted their Internet radio station called VH1 at Work. The first webcast was the "Divas Live" concert.

2000 - Heather Mills won $316,700 in damages for a 1993 accident that involved a British motorcycle officer. Mills, Paul McCartney's girlfriend, received the out-of-court-settlement without any admission of guilt for the loss of her left leg.

1759 - George Frideric Handel died.

1955 - Fats Domino's "Ain't That A Shame" was released.

1958 - Van Cliburn appeared on national TV for the first time. He was on NBC's "The Tonight Show" with Jack Paar.

1963 - The Beatles met the Rolling Stones after a Stones concert in Richmond, England.

1967 -The Bee Gees released their first English single. It was "New York Mining Disaster 1941."

1969 - The "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee" TV special aired on NBC.

1976 - Motown Records and Stevie Wonder held a news conference to announce he had signed a "$13 million-plus" contract with the label.

1980 - A New Jersey state assemblyman introduced a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" the official state song.

1983 - Pete Farndon of the Pretenders died of a drug overdose at the age of 29. He had been fired from the band the year before due to his drug problem.

1999 - Tammy Wynette's body was exhumed and an autopsy performed in Nashville at the request of her husband, George Richey.

1688 - Composer Johann Friedrich Fasch was born.

1958 - Buddy Holly's Fender Stratocaster guitar was stolen at a St. Louis concert.

1968 - Aretha Franklin recorded "Think."

1982 - Billy Joel was seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident on Long Island, New York. He went to the hospital and stayed for over a month undergoing therapy on his injured hand.

1954 - Roy Orbison attended an Elvis Presley show in Dallas, TX.

1956 - Buddy Holly released his first single, "Blue Days, Black Nights."

1972 - The Electric Light Orchestra played their first live show in England.

1974 - Queen held its first U.S. concert at Regis College in Denver, CO.

1993 - Billy Burnette announced that he was leaving Fleetwood Mac to concentrate on recording country music.

1996 - KISS announced a reunion tour with makeup.

2002 - Sony Music Entertainment filed a complaint against the Dixie Chicks for breach of contract.

1683 - Composer Johann David Heinichen was born.

1774 - Composer Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek was born.

1953 - Benny Goodman returned to Carnegie Hall after 15 years.

1960 - Eddie Cochran died in Bath, England, from severe brain injuries sustained in a car crash near Chippenham, Wiltshire. Gene Vincent was seriously injured in the accident.

1964 - The FBI lab reported that it could not determine the lyrics to "Louie Louie."

1965 - The Beach Boys' "Help Me Rhonda" was released.

1970 - Johnny Cash performed at the White House at the invitation of President Richard M. Nixon. He played "A Boy Named Sue."

1982 - Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast" was #1 on the British albums chart.

1995 - Courtney Love and her band Hole performed on the sixth season premiere of MTV's "Unplugged."

1796 - "The Archers" by Benjamin Carr was performed in New York City. It was the first opera written by an American composer.

1863 - Composer Felix Blumenfeld was born.

1939 - Gene Autry recorded "Back in the Saddle Again."

1971 - The Jackson 5, Danny Thomas and Bill Cosby were guests on Diana Ross' solo TV special "diana."

1975 - Alice Cooper's first TV special, "Welcome To My Nightmare: The Making Of A Record Album" aired.

1984 - Michael Jackson went into surgery in Los Angeles. Doctors performed scalp surgery to repair damage done after Jackson's hair caught fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial on January 27.

1985 - Wham! became the first Western act to release a pop album, "Make It Big," in China.

1998 - Diamond Rio was inducted into the Grande Ole Opry.

1660 - Composer Sebastian Duron was born.

1892 - Composer Germaine Tailleferre was born.

1945 - The musical "Carousel", based on Molnar�s "Liliom," opened at the Majestic Theatre in New York City.

1965 - The film T.A.M.I. (Teen-Age Music International) Show opened in London under the title Teenage Command Performance.

1986 - Prince became only the 5th songwriter to have two top ten hits at the same time. The songs were "Kiss" (Prince and the Revolution) and "Manic Monday" (Bangles).

1990 - The TV movie "Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys" aired on ABC.

1998 - Andrea Bocelli performed for Bill and Hillary Clinton with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

2002 - Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) was found dead in his apartment.

1881 - Composer Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky was born.

1935 - "Your Lucky Hit Parade" was first broadcast on radio. It aired for 24 years.

1960 - Elvis Presley's returned to Hollywood to film "G.I. Blues."

1964 - The Elvis Presley movie "Viva Las Vegas" premiered.

1971 - Barbra Streisand recorded "We've Only Just Begun."

1986 - Vladimir Horowitz returned to Russia to perform after being away for almost 60 years.

1991 - Steve Marriot of Small Faces was killed in a house fire at the age of 44.

1992 - Madonna signed a deal with Time Warner to set up a multimedia company. The deal reportedly made Madonna the highest paid woman in pop music.

1994 - In London, Barbra Streisand began her first tour in 28 years.

1658 - Composer Giuseppe Torelli was born.

1959 - The movie "Go Johnny Go" premiered.

1966 - "Wild Thing" by the British band the Troggs was released in the U.S.

1969 - John Lennon legally changed his middle name from Winston to Ono.

1969 - The Who gave their first complete live performance of the rock opera "Tommy" at a show in Dolton, England.

1976 - Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" became the first single to sell over 2 million copies.

1978 - Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica. It was Marley's first public appearance in Jamaica since being wounded in an assassination attempt a year and a half earlier.

1985 - Prince released the album "Around The World In a Day." It was his first release after "Purple Rain."

1998 - It was announced that Faith No More was breaking up.

1623 - Composer Jan Adam Reincken was born.

1772 - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote "La Marseillaise." It is the national anthem of France.

1953 - Leontyne Price sang Sauguret's "La Voyante" at the Metropolitan Opera.

1965 - The Rolling Stones began their third North American tour with a show at the Forum in Montreal.

1978 - Sid Vicious filmed his rendition of Paul Anka's "My Way" for the Sex Pistols' film "The Great Rock n' Roll Swindle."

1985 - Liberace first appeared on the TV soap opera "Another World". He also was a guest VJ on MTV later in the afternoon.

1988 - Prince released the song "Alphabet St."

1997 - The Four Tops received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1721 - Composer Johann Philipp Kirnberger was born.

1934 - The pipeless organ was patented by Laurens Hammond.

1957 - Ricky Nelson's first record, "Teenager's Romance," was released.

1961 - Bob Dylan earned a $50 session fee for playing harmonica on Harry Belafonte's "Midnight Special." It was his recording debut.

1977 - Talking Heads began its first European tour, supporting the Ramones.

1985 - RKO Home Video released six black and white film classics starring Fred Astaire.

1992 - David Bowie and Iman were married. The wedding was announced about a week later.

1993 - Farm Aid 6 took place in Ames, Iowa.

1996 - It was announced that Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) was in a drug rehab and could not perform causing the cancellation of several shows.

1690 - Composer Gottlieb Theophil Muffat was born.

1967 - The Beatles recorded "All You Need Is Love" during a British TV broadcast. Marianne Faithfull sang in the chorus.

1970 - The band Pacific Gas and Electric was shot at while leaving a club in Raleigh, NC.

1974 - Pam Morrison, Jim Morrison's widow, died of a heroin overdose at the age of 27.

1979 - The film "Rock & Roll High School" starring the Ramones premiered.

1985 - "Big River," the musical by Roger Miller, opened on Broadway.

2002 - In Honduras, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (TLC) was killed in a car crash.

1960 - The filming of "G.I. Blues," with Elvis Presley, began.

1966 - The New York Times reported Ray Charles would undergo tests to see whether or not he had abstained from narcotic drugs.

1975 - B.J. Thomas had the longest title of a number one song at the top of the "Billboard" popular music chart. The song was "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song."

1978 - "Ringo" aired on American television. It was the musical version of "The Prince and the Pauper."

1982 - Rod Stewart was mugged in Los Angeles in broad daylight. He was not hurt.

1994 - Grace Slick plead guilty to pointing a shotgun at police in her Tiburon, CA, home on March 5, 1994.

1999 - Sinead O'Connor was ordained as the first woman priest in the Latin Tridentine Church.

1767 - Composer Andreas Jacob Romberg was born.

1959 - Llyde Price's "Personality" was released.

1968 - Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" was released.

1973 - Opryland opened in Nashville, TN.

1980 - Studio 54 in New York shut down on its third anniversary of its opening.

1988 - Poison released the album "Open Up and Say...Ahh!"

1990 - Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses) married Erin Everly. The marriage lasted for 27 days.

2001 - A&E aired "Live By Request" in which the BeeGees performed many of their hit songs.

1899 - Composer Randall Thompson was born.

1961 - The Beatles debuted at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England.

1965 - The Beach Boys appeared on ABC-TV's "Shindig!" and performed "Do You Wanna Dance?"

1970 - Elton John made his solo concert debut when he opened for T. Rex in London.

1977 - Natalie Cole and John Denver were guests on Frank Sinatra's ABC-TV special "Sinatra & Friends".

1999 - Brooks & Dunn debuted their video "South of Santa Fe" while country.com simultaneously streamed the video. It was the first time that a country video debuted simultaneously on TV and the Internet.

1940 - "Pennsylvania 6-5000," by Glenn Miller and his orchestra, was recorded.

1968 - "Hair" opened on Broadway in New York.

1987 - On a plane that was returning to Boston, from Miami, Ozzy Osbourne bought three rounds of drinks and sang "Crazy Train" over the PA system.

1989 - Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley were married. They had been high school sweethearts.

1999 - The Verve announced that the band members had mutually agreed to break up the band.

1999 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1636 - Composer Esaias Reusner was born.

1960 - Dick Clark told the U.S. House of Representatives that he had never taken payola for the records he featured on his show "American Bandstand."

1968 - The musical "Hair" opened on Broadway.

1976 - Bruce Springsteen climbed the wall of Graceland to meet Elvis Presley. Elvis wasn't home.

1980 - Black Sabbath began their first tour with Ronnie James Dio as singer.

1992 - Paula Abdul and Emilio Estevez were married. They divorced two years later.

1995 - Tupac Shakur married Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility. He was serving a 4 1/2 year jail term for sex abuse.

1998 - Steven Tyler injured his knee at a concert in Anchorage, Alaska. 14 shows had to be cancelled.

1940 - Jimmy Dorsey and his band recorded the song "Contrasts."

1965 - The Kinks began their first British tour.

1980 - The film "McVicar," which starred Roger Daltrey and Adam Faith, premiered.

1985 - Phil Collins released "Sussudio."

1987 - The Beatles' "Help!", "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" were released on compact disc.

1998 - The Oak Ridge Boys performed in Washington, DC, at the 50th anniversary ceremony of the American Red Cross' blood services.

1786 - The Mozart opera "The Marriage of Figaro" premiered in Vienna.

1931 - Kate Smith began her radio career on CBS.

1965 - The Supremes' "Back In My Arms Again" was released.

1969 - Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash taped a TV special at the Grand Ol' Opry in Nashville, TN.

1970 - Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin combined for the first time on Elton�s first American album "Elton John".

1972 - Paul Simon released his self-titled solo debut album.

1973 - "Marvin Gaye Day" was declared in Washington, DC.

1977 - The Clash started their first tour, "White Riot," at the U.K. at London's Roxy Theater.

1984 - Mick Fleetwood filed for bankruptcy in the U.S.

1998 - Garth Brooks announced that the 4 millionth ticket had been purchased to his current world tour.

1660 - Composer Alessandro Scarlatti was born.

1843 - Composer Carl Michael Ziehrer was born.

1938 - Ella Fitzgerald recorded "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" with Chick Webb�s band.

1960 - Production began on Elvis Presley's "G.I. Blues." It was his first post-Army movie.

1965 - The Rolling Stones made their second appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show."

1977 - Eric Clapton recorded "Wonderful Tonight."

1979 - The Who's movie "Quadrophenia" premiered in London.

1982 - Adam and the Ants disbanded.

1998 - Hide (X Japan) died in an apparent suicide at the age of 33.

1708 - Composer Johann Adolph Scheibe was born.

1956 - "Most Happy Fella," a musical by Frank Loesser, opened at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.

1964 - Gerry & the Pacemakers made their U.S. TV debut on the "Ed Sullivan Show." They performed "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying."

1967 - Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) went to court on draft evasion charges.

1971 - New York City's Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center announced that it would begin presenting rock, pop and jazz concerts as well as classical.

1977 - Paul Simon and Phoebe Snow performed at a benefit concert for the New York Public Library.

1991 - Andy Williams (age 60) and Debbie Haas (age 36) were married.

1860 - Composer Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek was born.

1920 - The Symphony Society of New York presented a concert at the Paris Opera House. It was the first American orchestra to make a European tour.

1957 - The "Alan Freed Show" premiered on ABC-TV. It was the first prime-time network rock show.

1959 - The winners of the first annual Grammy Awards were announced.

1969 - Richard Tapper (TIME (Trust in Men Everywhere)) was shot three times on his way to a jam session.

1987 - Paul Butterfield died of complications of a drug overdose at the age of 44.

1992 - Dudu Mntowaziwayo Ndlovu (Dudu Zulu), a band member of Johnny Clegg & Savuka, died of a gunshot wound in Zululand, South Africa, at the age of 33.

1819 - Composer Stanislaw Moniuszko was born.

1891 - The Music Hall (later Carnegie Hall) had its grand opening with its first public performance. The first performer was Pyotr Llych Tchaikovsky.

1955 - The musical "Damn Yankees" opened in New York City. It ran for 1,019 performances.

1968 - Buffalo Springfield performed their final concert in Long Beach, CA.

1969 - Stevie Wonder met President Nixon at the White House.

1984 - Chrissi Hynde (Pretenders) and Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) were married.

1995 - Steven Adler was arraigned on a felony count of possession of heroin, as well as 2 misdemeanor drug charges.

1999 - Garth Brooks was named artist of the decade at the 34 annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

1814 - Composer Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst was born.

1965 - Keith Richards began writing the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" in a Florida hotel room.

1973 - In Boston, Paul Simon began his first tour without Art Garfunkel.

1977 - Led Zeppelin set a new record for the largest audience at a single-act concert. 76,229 people were at a show in Pontiac, MI.

1994 - Pearl Jam filed a complaint with the U.S. Justice Department against Ticketmaster. The charge was the company had a monopoly on the concert ticket business.

1996 - Metallic began two days of recording for the video "Until It Sleeps."

1704 - Composer Carl Heinrich Graun was born.

1840 - Composer Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky was born.

1824 - Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed for the first time.

1955 - "Rock Around The Clock" was released by Bill Haley & His Comets.

1968 - Aretha Franklin recorded a live album in Paris.

1978 - Bob Dylan sold 90,000 tickets in less than eight hours for upcoming concerts at London's Wembley Empire Pool.

1991 - A judge in Macon, Georgia dismissed a wrongful death suit against Ozzy Osbourne. A local couple failed to prove their son was inspired to attempt suicide by Ozzy's music.

1998 - Steve Perry left Journey.

1742 - Composer Johann Baptist Krumpholtz was born.

1829 - Composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born.

1970 - The Beatles album "Let it Be" was released.

1977 - Olivia Newton-John made her New York City debut with a concert at the Metropolitan Opera House.

1992 - Will Smith (the Fresh Prince) and songwriter Sheree Zampino were married.

1998 - The Smashing Pumpkins filed a suit against Westwood One. The claim was that the radio syndicator had breached an oral and implied agreement when they licensed a 1991 interview with