this day in music

16 years ago today, a portion of the I-10 – specifically, the portion in Palm Springs – was officially given the name of the Sonny Bono Memorial Freeway. You know Sonny first and foremost from the time he spent with...

54 years ago this week, one of the most famous concert venues in the state of California first opened its doors. Indeed, it proved so influential that it subsequently became the first live music venue ever to be inducted into...

46 years ago, The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour officially transformed from a summer replacement series into a proper member of CBS’s prime-time lineup. Kids, sit down and let us regale you with a story of prime-time television in the...

25 years ago today, David Crosby made a one-off appearance on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, playing the husband of another noted singer of the ‘60s, ‘70s, and…well, ever since, really. For the majority of his career, Crosby has been known...

32 years ago today, Phil Collins made his U.S. acting debut, an occasion made slightly less momentous by the fact that he’d made his U.K. acting debut 20+ years earlier in a little film called A Hard Day’s Night ....

20 years ago today, the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert took place in Oslo, Norway, and Jewel, Sinead O’Connor, and Emmylou Harris were all there to commemorate the occasion. The Nobel Peace Prize Concert became an annual tradition in 1994,...

29 years ago today, Metallica filmed their first music video: the epic anti-war anthem “One.” Written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, “One” revolves around a severely-wounded soldier whose experiences in World War I have left him with no arms,...

Just over two weeks ago, we celebrated the 35th anniversary of the release of Led Zeppelin’s final album, CODA. Today, we recall the unfortunate reason that it ended up being their final album. For all practical purposes, Led Zeppelin ended...

44 years ago today, the ABC TV program The Midnight Special aired a very special episode, one which – unlike the majority of the series’ installments – centered around a longform performance by a single artist: David Bowie. The episode,...