Elvis Presley found dead on August 16, 1977

Elvis Presley was found dead lying on the floor in his bathroom by his girlfriend Ginger Alden, he had been seated on the toilet reading 'The Scientific Search For Jesus'. He died of heart failure at the age of 42 on August 16, 1977.

Journalist Tony Scherman writes that by early 1977, "Elvis Presley had become a grotesque caricature of his sleek, energetic former self. Hugely overweight, his mind dulled by the pharmacopoeia he daily ingested, he was barely able to pull himself through his abbreviated concerts." In Alexandria, Louisiana, the singer was on stage for less than an hour and "was impossible to understand". Elvis Presley failed to appear in Baton Rouge; he was unable to get out of his hotel bed, and the rest of the tour was cancelled. Despite the accelerating deterioration of his health, he stuck to most touring commitments. In Rapid City, South Dakota, "he was so nervous on stage that he could hardly talk", according to Elvis Presley historian Samuel Roy, and unable to "perform any significant movement." Guralnick relates that fans "were becoming increasingly voluble about their disappointment, but it all seemed to go right past Elvis Presely, whose world was now confined almost entirely to his room and his spiritualism books." A cousin, Billy Smith, recalled how Presley would sit in his room and chat for hours, sometimes recounting favorite Monty Python sketches and his own past escapades, but more often gripped by paranoid obsessions that reminded Smith of Howard Hughes. "Way Down", Elvis Presley's last single issued during his lifetime, came out on June 6. His final concert was held in Indianapolis at the Market Square Arena, on June 26.

A long, ground-level gravestone reads "Elvis Aaron Presley", followed by the singer's dates, the names of his parents and daughter, and several paragraphs of smaller text. It is surrounded by flowers, a small American flag, and other offerings. Similar grave markers are visible on either side. In the background is a small round pool, with a low decorative metal fence and several fountains.

The book Elvis: What Happened?, cowritten by the three bodyguards fired the previous year, was published on August 1. It was the first exposé to detail Presley's years of drug misuse. He was devastated by the book and tried unsuccessfully to halt its release by offering money to the publishers. By this point, he suffered from multiple ailments—glaucoma, high blood pressure, liver damage, and an enlarged colon, each aggravated, and possibly caused, by drug abuse.

Elvis Presley was scheduled to fly out of Memphis on the evening of August 16, 1977, to begin another tour.

That afternoon, Alden discovered him unresponsive on his bathroom floor. Attempts to revive him failed, and death was officially pronounced at 3:30 pm at Baptist Memorial Hospital.

President Jimmy Carter issued a statement that credited Presley with having "permanently changed the face of American popular culture". Thousands of people gathered outside Graceland to view the open casket. One of Presley's cousins, Billy Mann, accepted $18,000 to secretly photograph the corpse; the picture appeared on the cover of the National Enquirer's biggest-selling issue ever.[252] Alden struck a $105,000 deal with the Enquirer for her story, but settled for less when she broke her exclusivity agreement. Presley left her nothing in his will.

Elvis Presley funeral was held at Graceland, on Thursday, August 18.

Outside the gates, a car plowed into a group of fans, killing two women and critically injuring a third. Approximately 80,000 people lined the processional route to Forest Hill Cemetery, where Presley was buried next to his mother. Within a few days, "Way Down" topped the country and UK pop charts. Following an attempt to steal the singer's body in late August, the remains of both Elvis Presley and his mother were reburied in Graceland's Meditation Garden on October 2.

Retro History for August The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich
1988 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400 m (43.29)
1988 IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence
1988 Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis
1988 Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers
1987 Astrological Harmonic Convergence - Dawn of New Age
1987 New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9
1987 Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives)
1987 Val Skinner wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
1986 Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 57 killed
1986 "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks
1986 Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single
1985 Madonna weds Sean Penn on her 27th birthday
1984 Andrea Doria's safe opened
1984 L.A. federal jury acquits auto maker John DeLorean on cocaine charges
1984 Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)
1983 Paul Simon weds Carrie Fisher
1981 Highest score in World Cup soccor match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)
1980 Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath
1980 Cozy Powell quits Rainbow
1980 Jools Holland quits Squeeze

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1977 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 Yankees blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th
1977 Elvis Presley was found dead lying on the floor in his bathroom by his girlfriend Ginger Alden, he had been seated on the toilet reading 'The Scientific Search For Jesus'. He died of heart failure at the age of 42.
1976 58th PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots a 281 at Congressional MD
1976 St. Louis Cardinals beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo)
1975 "Rodgers and Hart" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 108 performances
1975 Peter Gabriel quits Genesis
1974 Ramones concert debut (NY's CBGBs)
1972 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills, Michigan
1972 Morocco King Hassan II's B727 shot at
1972 Philip Potter appointed Secretary-General of World council of Churches
1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1970 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK
1970 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cincinnati Golf Open

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, Georgia begins broadcasting
1969 Woodstock rock festival begins in New York
1967 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured and leaves
1967 WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins)
1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational
1964 St. Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader
1963 Independence is restored to Dominican Republic
1962 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer
1961 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin
1961 Martin L. King protests for black voting right in Miami
1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus
1960 Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700')
1960 Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Seattle Golf Open
1959 U.S.S.R. introduces installment buying
1956 Adlai E. Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate
1956 Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4
1955 Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor
1954 Sports Illustrated magazine begins publishing
1954 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood
1953 KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
1953 Shah of Persia and princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome
1950 West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England

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Elvis The Legend Lives! closes

Elvis: The Legend Lives! closes at Palace New York City after 101 performances on April 30, 1978




Retro History for April 30 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Critics Siskel and Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show
1989 Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1989 Pope John Paul II beatifies Victoire Rasoamanarivo of Madagascar
1989 U.S. beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1988 Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season
1988 New Jersey Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final
1988 New York Knights 1st arena football game beats Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in Los Angeles)
1988 New York Yankees Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April - Sets AL and ties ML Record
1988 World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane, Australia
1987 Lou Lamoriello is named New Jersey Devils President
1987 New York Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game
1986 Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
1986 Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games
1985 Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th and 29th runs of April
1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa
1984 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are Sweden
1984 Strong winds cause a 30 minnutes delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
1983 Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead
1982 Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as President of El Salvador
1982 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
1982 Iranian offensive in Khusistan
1981 "Can-Can" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 5 performances
1981 16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell and George Jones
1980 "Barnum" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 854 performances
1980 Ronald Harwood's "Dresser," premieres in London
1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
1980 Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned queen of Netherlands
1980 Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Mary Therese Friel, New York, crowned 28th Miss USA
1978 "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" closes at Palace New York City after 101 performances
1978 Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic
1977 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at Morosco New York City after 92 performances
1977 Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF champ
1977 Ron Cey sets record of 29 RBIs in April
1976 Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba
1976 Wings release "Silly Love Songs"
1975 Last U.S. helicopter leaves U.S. embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders
1974 President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings
1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman
1973 Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love"
1973 Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments
1972 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
1972 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Open
1971 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Baltimore Bullets in 4 games
1970 Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 3rd no-hitter beats Houston Astros, 10-0
1969 WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 New York Yankees in a 9 inning game
1967 Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (U.S.S.R.)
1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
1967 New York Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game
1967 Orioles' Stu Miller and Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers
1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m
1962 Willie Mays hits 4 home runs
1961 1st shuttle flights between Washington D.C., Boston and New York City begin (Eastern)
1961 Lee Harvey Oswald marries Marina Prusakova in Minsk U.S.S.R.
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1961 Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize
1961 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits
1955 Element 101, Mendelevium, announced
1955 Imperial Bank of India nationalized
1955 Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks
1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages
1954 Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Haifa
1953 Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League
1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Stockton Golf Open
1952 Mr. Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television
1950 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane

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Elvis Presley makes his Las Vegas debut

Elvis Presley makes his Las Vegas debut at the New Frontier Hotel. The two-week run is cancelled after seven days because of poor reception. It is thirteen years before Elvis plays there again on April 23, 1956




Retro History for April 23 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
1989 Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning
1989 Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
1988 A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles
1988 Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less
1988 Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06)
1987 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct
1987 New Jersey Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY
1986 Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking
1986 Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
1985 Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
1985 Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula
1985 Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead
1985 New Coke debuts
1984 AIDS-virus identified, acquired immune deficiency syndrome
1983 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* vs. Sri Lanka
1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1978 Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic
1978 Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd
1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1977 ADO The Hague soccer team forms
1977 Dr. Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops
1977 Miltitary workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa
1977 Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10
1975 Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," premieres in London
1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R.
1972 26th Tony Awards: Sticks and Bones and 2 Gentlemen of Verona win
1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface
1972 Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic
1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike
1971 Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney
1969 Los Angeles Laker Jerry West scores 53 points
1969 Over 1000 mi flooded on Shantung Province China
1969 Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy
1968 "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 7 performances
1968 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 and 10 pence)
1968 United Methodist Church forms
1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
1964 James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr. Charlie," premieres in New York City
1964 New York State Theater opens
1964 Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0
1963 "She Loves Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 302 performances
1963 Jerry Bock and S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me," premieres in New York City
1962 1st U.S. satellite to reach the moon launched
1962 New York Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1
1962 Ranger 4, 1st U.S. satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral
1961 "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 216 performances
1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1960 1st performance of Ferde Grofe's "San Francisco Suite"

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 472 performances
1959 1st heliport in Britain opens in London
1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th home run and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game
1956 Elvis Presley makes his Las Vegas debut at the New Frontier Hotel. The two-week run is cancelled after seven days because of poor reception. It is thirteen years before Elvis plays there again.
1956 U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses
1955 "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 583 performances
1955 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open
1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
1953 General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA
1953 KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, Arizona (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, Alabama (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Bob Cain of Browns and Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter
1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only home run
1952 Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed
1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open
1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
1950 4th NBA Championship: Minnesota Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2
1950 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island
1950 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3

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Retro History for February 11 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 11, 1979 43 million watch Kurt Russell play "Elvis!" on ABC.




Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian)
1989 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1988 Anthony M. Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court
1987 British Airways begins trading stocks
1987 England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect
1987 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by U.S.S.R., leaves country
1986 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1986 Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
1985 Jordan king Hussein and PLO leader Arafat sign accord
1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins
1985 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, New Zealand still wins
1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
1984 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" and "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
1983 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18"(46 cm))
1982 Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through
1981 Australia all out 83 vs. India at MCG chasing 143 to win
1981 Polish premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial New York City for 1082 performances
1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
1979 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
1979 Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
1979 Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in New York City
1978 16 Unification church couples wed in New York City
1978 25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin
1978 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens
1978 EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus
1977 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
1976 Clifford Alexander, Jr. confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army
1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
1974 Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule
1974 Titan-Centaur Test launch fails
1974 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
1973 1st one-day international for Pakistan and New Zealand
1973 1st sub 17-minute 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic
1973 Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row
1971 Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
1971 U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour rec)
1970 Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite, Osumi, in orbit
1970 John Lennon pays 1,344 pounds fine for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st U.S. woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
1969 Dorey Funk, Jr. beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champ
1968 Israeli-Jordan border fight
1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York
1968 Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens (New York City)
1966 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
1965 Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox
1965 Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee
1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in U.S.; Washington D.C. Coliseum
1964 Greek and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France
1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created
1962 Beatles record "Please, Please Me"
1961 Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
1961 Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
1960 Jack Paar walks off his TV show

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
1958 1st flight with black stewardess, Ruth Carol Taylor, Ithaca New York
1958 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs
1958 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 NHL Players Association forms (New York City), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
1954 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor and Eve Arden wins
1953 "Hazel Flagg" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 190 performances
1953 J. Styne/B. Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg," premieres in New York City
1953 President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple
1953 Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
1951 Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)
1950 "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1

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January 8 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Elvis!



Musicians Born On January 8

1935 Elvis Presley
1937 Shirley Bassey
1941 Bobby Kreiger (Doors)
1943 Lee Jackson (Nice)
1947 David Bowie
1947 Terry Sylvester (Replaced Graham Nash in Hollies)
1964 Peter 'Ped' Gill (Frankie Goes to Hollywood).
1969 R Kelly

Happy Birthday David Bowie!



Number 1 In The Charts On January 8

1966 Beatles: We Can Work it Out US 45
1966 Beatles: Rubber Soul US LP
1969 Scaffold: Lily the Pink UK 45
1972 New Seekers: I'd Like to Teach The World To Sing UK 45
1994 Chaka Demus and Pliers: Twist and Shout : UK single
1994 Take That : Everything Changes : UK LP


Various Music Events On January 8

1955 On his twentieth birthday Elvis Presley records his third single - Milkcow Blues Boogie and You're a Heartbreaker.

1957 Bill Haley and the Comets begin Australian tour with Lavern Baker and Joe Turner.

1960 Drifters debut on UK chart with Dance With Me.

1960 Eddie Cochran cuts Three Steps To Heaven at Goldstar Studios, Los Angeles, backed by Sonny Curtis and Jerry Allison.

1966 Spencer Davis hit UK chart with their first LP.

1966 The final episode of "Shindig!" is broadcast on ABC-TV starring the Kinks and the Who.

1973 Carly Simon awarded gold record for You're So Vain.

1973 Yoko Ono releases "Approximately Infinite University" as a two record set. She says, "I figured if George Harrison can put out a triple album, then I can put out a double album."

1975 Three Led Zeppelin concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden - 60,000 tickets in all - sell out in a record four hours.

1979 Abba, Bee Gees, Rod Stewart and Earth, Wind and Fire play UNICEF concert in New York.

1979 Rush Named as Canada's 'Ambassadors of Music'.

1983 Marvin Gay's Sexual Healing becomes first single to log ten weeks at top of Billboard black singles chart since I Can't Stop loving You by Ray Charles.


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August 16 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Kevin Ayers!



Musicians Born On August 16

1915` Al Hibbler (Unchained Melody)
1931 Eydie Gorme (Blame It on The Bossa Nova)
1942 Barbara George (I Know)
1945 Kevin Ayers (Soft Machine)
1945 Gary Loizza (Bend Me Shape Me)
1953 James Taylor (Kool and the Gang)
1957 Tim Farriss (INXS)
1958 Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone)
1960 Chris Pedersen (Camper Van Beethoven)

Happy Birthday Madonna!


Deaths On August 16

1938 Robert Johnson (blues musician)
1977 Elvis Presley

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Number 1 In The Charts On August 16

1975 Stylistics: 'I Can't Give You Anything' UK 45
1986 Madonna: 'Papa Don't Preach' US 45
1986 Madonna: 'True Blue' US LP

Various Music Events On August 16

1962 Beatles sack their original drummer, Pete Best, in favour of Ringo Starr

1965 Mike Smith of Dave Clark Five breaks two ribs when pulled from stage by enthusiastic fans at a gig in Chicago

1969 Harry Nilsson debuts on US chart with 'Everybody's Talking'

1970 Christine McVie joins Fleetwood Mac

1975 Peter Gabriel announces his departure from Genesis. Many predict demise of the group, not anticipating the emergence of Phil Collins as successful replacement singer

1980 Cozy Powell leaves Rainbow, Bill Ward leaves Black Sabbath, Jah Wobble leaves Public Image Ltd, and Jools Holland leaves Squeeze


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July 2 - Today In Rock Music History

On this day in 1956 Elvis Presley records Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel in New York



Musicians Born On July 2

1925 Marvin Rainwater (Whole Lotta Woman)
1939 Paul Williams (Temptations)
1936 Tom Springfield (Springfields)
1952 Johnny Colla (Huey Lewis & The News)
1954 Pete Briquette (Boomtown Rats)
1957 Mike Anger (Blow Monkeys)
1964 Dave Parsons (Transvision Vamp)



Number 1 In The Charts On July 2

1966 Frank Sinatra: Strangers in the Night US 45
1969 Thunderclap Newman: Something in the Air UK 45
1977 Hot Chocolate: So You Win Again UK 45
1977 A Star Is Born soundtrack UK LP
1977 Bill Conti: Gonna Fly Now US 45
1983 Rod Stewart: Baby Jane UK 45
1988 Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman UK LP
1994 Ace of Base : Happy Nation : UK LP



Various Music Events On July 2

1954 Kitty Kallen hits UK chart at No. 5 with Little Things Mean a Lot

1956 Elvis Presley records Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel in New York

1956 Buddy Holly's first single, Love Me/Blue Days Black Night, released in the US

1956 John Burnette Trio begin sessions at Owen Bradley's Barn Studios in Nashville. Oh Baby Babe and Long Train Kept a'Rollin' result

1956 Following Elvis Presley's appearance on Steve Allen Show the previous night, US TV critic John Crosby refers to him as an 'unspeakable, untalented and vulgar young entertainer'



1969 Mountain formed (from Vagrants)

1971 T. Rex release Get It On in the UK

1973 Brian Eno quits Roxy Music

1981 Bruce Springsteen plays opening gig at Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey

1990 Representatives of the Italian Catholic Church, angry about Madonna's alleged inappropiate use of crucifixes and sacred symbols,succeed in their attempt to halt her concerts in Rome

1991 Guns 'n' Roses lead singer Axl Rose jumped off the stage and attacked a fan who was videotaping a concert outside of St. Louis. In the ensuing riot, 60 people were hurt and the venue was wrecked.


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