Today in Music History

1985 - PRINCE released the album Around The World In a Day.

1981 - ERIC CLAPTON was hospitalized after he suffered bruised ribs and a lacerated chin in a car accident in Seattle, WA.

1976 - JOHNNIE TAYLOR's Disco Lady became the first single to be certified for sales of over two million copies.

1978 - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS headlined the One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica.

1978 - JOHN BELUSHI and DAN AYKROYD made their first appearance as The Blues Brothers on NBC's Saturday Night Live.

1974 - TINA TURNER began filming her scenes as the Acid Queen in KEN RUSSELL's film version of THE WHO's Tommy.

1969 - JOHN LENNON officially changed his middle name from WINSTON to ONO.

1969 - THE WHO gave their first complete live performance of the rock opera Tommy at a show in Dolton, England

1969 - JOHN LENNON and PAUL McCARTNEY were the only two BEATLES on the recording of The Ballad Of John & Yoko.

1956 - ELVIS PRESLEY made his Las Vegas debut at the Frontier Hotel