Music History
1876 The Bayreuth Festspielhaus opens with the first complete performance of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle
- 1952 Blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton records "Hound Dog" song, written a day earlier especially for her by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, at Radio Recorders Studio in Los Angeles, California
Don't Be Cruel
1956 Elvis Presley releases music single "Don't Be Cruel"
- 1966 Longview, Texas radio station KLUE is struck by lightning the day after holding a "Beatles Bonfire", knocking an engineer unconscious and causing extensive damage to equipment
Back Seat of My Car
1971 Paul & Linda McCartney release single "Back Seat of My Car"
Music History
1990 American soul singer Curtis Mayfield becomes paralyzed from neck down after stage lighting equipment falls on him at an outdoor concert at Wingate Field in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York; although unable to perform live, he continued to compose, sing, and record
The Real Inspector Hound
1992 Revival of Tom Stoppard's play "The Real Inspector Hound" opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, New York, NYC; runs for 61 performances
Farm Aid Concert
2011 Farm Aid (25th Anniversary) held in Kansas City, Kansas; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Jason Mraz, Jamey Johnson, Jakob Dylan, and Billy Joe Shaver [1]
Crash My Party
2013 "Crash My Party" 4th studio album by Luke Bryan is released (Billboard Album of the Year 2014)
