Britain’s number one song today in 1964:

Today in 1967, a few days after their first and last appearance on CBS-TV’s “Ed Sullivan Show,” the Doors appeared on the Murray the K show on WPIX-TV in New York:

Today in 1969, ABC-TV premiered “Music Scene” against CBS-TV’s “Gunsmoke” and NBC-TV’s “Laugh-In”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0twWEvDcUdQ

The number one British album today in 1973 was the Rolling Stones’ “Goats Head Soup,” despite (or perhaps because of) the BBC’s ban of one of its songs, “Star Star”:

Gary Numan had Britain’s number one single and album today in 1979 …

… which was much better than what NBC-TV carried tonight in 1979:

Today is an anniversary for two notable concerts. Today in 1979, the first of the two No Nukes concerts was held at Madison Square Garden in New York:

Today in 1985, the first Farm Aid concert was held at the University of Illinois:

Birthdays begin with David Coverdale of Whitesnake:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujnH4yNqL8E

Richard Fairbrass of the one-hit-wonder Right Said Fred:

Joan Jett of the Runaways and the Blackhearts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTfHhNg1iII