more featured eventsĢ021 Jason Isbell becomes the first major artist to require proof of COVID vaccination or a current negative test to attend his shows.
The pair met on set and married after a whirlwind romance.ġ949 In New York, Louis Jordan records " Saturday Night Fish Fry," a #1 R&B hit for 12 weeks.
It holds the position for two weeks.ġ963 Whitney Houston is born in Newark, New Jersey.ġ961 The movie Come September, starring first-time actor Bobby Darin and his wife Sandra Dee, opens in theaters. An audience of 120,000 hears them close out with " We Will Rock You/ We Are The Champions" and " God Save The Queen."ġ975 " Jive Talkin'" by the Bee Gees goes to #1 in the US, becoming their first disco chart-topper. Moreġ986 At the Knebworth Park Festival in England, Queen play their last concert with Freddie Mercury, who dies five years later. His voice fills the airwaves as millions of Deadheads mourn. The subsequent outing becomes the top-grossing tour that year.ġ995 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead dies from a heart attack at age 53. The appearance goes over so well that Criss and Frehley rejoin the band in 1996, replacing Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer. Not counting Ace Frehley's 1976 wedding, it also marks the only time the original members have performed without makeup. 1995 The original members of Kiss play together for the first time since 1980 when Peter Criss and Ace Frehley join the current band to record their MTV Unplugged special, which is later released as the album Kiss Unplugged.