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Billie Holiday was born
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Les Paul was born
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The word "Jazz" was coined
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B.B. King was born
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Little Richard was born
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Judy Garland sang on Wallace Berry's radio show on NBC
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Rockabilly queen, Wanda Jackson was born
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Billboard Magazine publishes its first "Music Popularity Chart"
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Frank Sinatra started his solo singing career
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Jimi Hendrix was born
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The first jazz concert at the Met, with Louie Armstrong and others
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Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys recorded "It's a Pity to Say Goodnight"
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Frank Sinatra completed his final session with Columbia Records
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Big Joe Turner recorded the original "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
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1st Newport Jazz Festival was held
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The term "Rock and Roll" was coined by Alan Feed
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Rock n' Roll fans under the age of 18 in Cleveland, Ohio were banned from dancing in public
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Elvis Presley recorded "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel."
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Elvis Presley buys "Graceland"
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The Iranian government banned Rock n' Roll because it went against the concepts of Islam.
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A Philadelphia court sentenced Jazz singer Billie Holiday to a year's probation after being found guilty of narcotics possession
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Johnny Cash signed with Columbia Records
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Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash in Iowa.
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Bob Dylan makes his New York City debut at Gerde's Folk City
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Chubby's Chacker's "The Twist" hits no. 1
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Billboard reports that Ray Charle had started Tangerine, his own record label company
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The Rolling Stones start their first Headlining tour (with the Ronettes)
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Bob Dylan made his first entry into the UK charts with his single "The- Times- They- Are- A- Changin'"
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The first Motown tour starts in London with Stevie Wonder, Martha and the Vandellas, Temptations, and the Supremes
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The Beatles hold the top five chart positions simultaneously
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The Supremes hit no. 1 with "Where Did Our Love Go"
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The Beach Boys release "Pet Sounds"
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Janis Joplin performed for the first time with Big Brother and the holding company at the avalon ballroom in San Francisco.
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In London, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker formed the band Cream
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their first gig ever, in Bromel club
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Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar on stage at Finsbury Park
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The Beatles released "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
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The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" is released
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The Who release "Tommy", the first rock opera
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BBC Television aired the first ' 33 & A Third Revolution Per Monkee', guests included Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Julie Driscoll
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"The Johnnhy Cash Show" debuts on ABC- TV
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The Rolling Stones announced that they were forming their own record company.
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Woodstock Music Festival starts
