Today in 1949, RCA introduced the 45-rpm single to compete with the 33-rpm album introduced by CBS one year earlier.

The first RCA 45 was …

Today in 1964, the Beatles filmed a scene of a “live” TV performance before a studio audience for their movie “A Hard Day’s Night.”

In the audience as an extra: Phil Collins.

Today in 1967, Jimi Hendrix augmented his concert at The Astoria in London by burning his guitar for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XCbfAzOq9c

The number one album today in 1990 was David Bowie’s “Changesbowie”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v–IqqusnNQ&ob=av2e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA27aQZCQMk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af6jOq0dWqo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8IXx4tsus&ob=av2e

Today in 2011, this blog began.

Birthdays begin with Herb Alpert (who I saw at a 1970s Wisconsin State Fair playing on the front straightaway):

Rodney Bainbridge played bass for the Fortunes:

Jon Poulos played drums for the Buckinghams:

Mick Ralphs played guitar for Mott the Hoople and Bad Company:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfwVfEXJhQQ

Thiis Van Leer played organ and flute for Focus:

Angus Young of AC/DC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sUXMzkh-jI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H33vSYapNNs

Pat McGlynn of the Bay City Rollers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBn2ux5vRHk

One death of note today in 1986: O’Kelly Isley, one of the Isley Brothers: