1956, Elvis begins recording his second album in Los Angeles … it is to include covers of Little Richard hits "Rip It Up," "Long Tall Sally," and "Ready Teddy" … Elvis even plays piano on some of the tracks …

1963, "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes hits the charts … the song will later be cited as the perfect pop song by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys … one can maybe hear a touch of it in Brian's own "Good Vibrations" …

1968, The Beatles release the single "Hey Jude" that eclipses Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" as the longest single to receive Top-40 airplay by nearly a minute at 7:06 … it is the first release from newly formed Apple Records and becomes The Beatles' biggest hit, going to number one around the world … the recording took two days and involved a 36-piece orchestra who also clapped and sang the na-na-nahs on the fadeout … the epic ballad begins with Paul playing the piano and ends with 50 layered instruments … "Piece of My Heart" by Big Brother & The Holding Company with Janis Joplin singing lead enters the charts … it is Joplin's and the band's first hit … Ray Charles' backup singers quit en masse over a wage dispute and band rules they consider unfair …

1970, Duane Allman begins sessions as a member of Derek & The Dominos … Eric Clapton praises Allman as the catalyst in a double-album project, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, that is completed in only 10 days …

1971, Paul McCartney's jaunty single "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is the number one pop hit of the week … the former Beatle reveals that he actually had an Uncle Albert who used to get drunk and quote the Bible …

1977, three people are nabbed in Memphis for attempting to steal the remains of Elvis … to prevent such thievery, Elvis is moved from the cemetery to a more secure resting place at Graceland …

1978, art-punk practitioners Television break up just a month after returning to New York from a West Coast tour … their proto-New Wave approach and unique guitar style sets aside nearly every accepted rule of rock guitar, making them guitar heroes to a legion of young rockers …

1989, G N' R's Izzy Stradlin is arrested in Phoenix for causing an in-flight public disturbance … he verbally abuses a flight attendant, urinates on the floor, and smokes in the non-smoking section of the plane … Izzy is apparently upset about the potty queue … the flight from Los Angeles to Indianapolis makes an unscheduled landing in Phoenix to dump him off …

1995, in a landmark rock 'n' roll event, veteran rocker Neil Young headlines the Reading Festival with Seattle's Pearl Jam backing him up …

1996, Isaac Hayes, co-writer of the song "Soul Man," writes a letter to senator Bob Dole protesting his use of the song in his presidential campaign that had changed the chorus to "I'm A Dole Man" …

1999, Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx is arrested at a show in Raleigh, N.C., charged with felony rioting and three counts of misdemeanor inciting to riot, assault, and disorderly conduct … the charges stem from bad behavior at a Greensboro concert in 1997 … Sixx allegedly assaulted a security guard and encouraged a melee among fans …

2000, The Doobie Brothers offer 15 new tracks for free download to launch the promotion of their latest album, Sibling Rivalry …

2002, Eminem draws boos at the MTV Video Music Awards after he calls Moby a girl and tries to pick a fight with the diminutive techno popper … Moby had called the rapper's music misogynistic and homophobic … Em also mixes it up with Triumph The Insult Comic Dog after Triumph tells the crowd "Eminem should lighten up. I mean, my mom was a $@!&* too, but I don't go writing songs about it." … this portion is removed from repeat broadcasts …

2006, one of the last iTunes holdouts, Linkin Park reverses their position and Apple begins selling all three of their studio albums along with bonus cuts and videos …

2007, The Stones wrap their Bigger Bang tour having grossed $558 million, eclipsing the record formerly held by U2's 2005 Vertigo tour that brought in a paltry $389 million … commenting on the end of the long-running tour, Mick Jagger acknowledges, "I'm sort of glad it's done. I need to do some resting" … rock pioneer Bo Diddley suffers a heart attack …

2008, a blogger who posted nine unreleased songs from the forthcoming Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy is arrested for violating a three-year-old law that prohibits such leaks … according to Kevin Cogill's girlfriend, the cops "let me get him a shirt and shoes without laces before they took him away" … Cogill is a former employee of Universal Records' distribution department …

2009, Noel Gallagher announces he's leaving Oasis …

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Hey Mike; I think The Beatles Hey Jude was also the first satellite live feed shown around the world.

Thanks for the good read Mike

Bill

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Hey, Boy Blue is back!

Thanks Mike!

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Mike, you forgot, 2010, Nikininja starts his own band with him as leader.
Claude.

We can only hope...

God knows I've hinted this to him before!!!

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

The Beatles All You Need Is Love was in fact the first satellite live feed broadcast around the world- not Hey Jude.

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Hey guitslinger; I stand corrected. Thanks for the heads up.