45 years ago Bob Zimmerman graduates from Hibbing High School in Hibbing, Minnesota. Later at the University of Michigan he performs in a campus coffee house under the name Bob Dylan. (1959)
36 years ago Senator Robert Kennedy is shot and killed in Los Angeles. David Crosby writes „Long Time Gone“ which is recorded by Crosby, Stills and Nash. A day later, the Stones record „Sympathy for the Devil“ which includes the lyrics, „..who killed the Kennedys…“ (1968)
The Beatles open a two-week show at their old stomping ground, the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany. A recording made on a small, portable tape recorder one night will be pressed and issued as Singasong Records' „Live! At the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962“ in 1977. (1962)
Playing a concert at the Odeon Theatre in Cheltenham, England, the Beatles start their second headlining tour of the country and find that since their first, in May, the country has gone mad. Everywhere they go, fans have lined up for two days, sometimes more, for tickets. (1963)
Three Elvis Presley albums are certified gold this day: his 1956 debut album, „Elvis Presley,“ „Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 2“ and „Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3.“ (1966)
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