1928 WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
Dick Clark [American Bandstand] was born on this day in 1929
The late Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band (”Ramblin Man”) is born in 1946
1947 “Meet the Press” makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 - A royal wedding this day, as Princess Elizabeth (who would be Queen in four years) and Lt. Philip Mountbatten were married.
1959 - One of America’s great rock jocks was fired from WABC radio in New York. The ‘Moondoggy’ himself, Alan Freed, was axed in the midst of the payola music scandal.
Norman Greenbaum (”Spirit In The Sky”) is 66
Joe Walsh (”Rocky Mountain Way” and Eagles member) is 61
David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash receives a liver transplant in Los Angeles, 1994
Charlie Daniels undergoes prostate cancer surgery in Nashville, 2001
Bo Diddley sings “Bo Diddley” on Ed Sullivan’s CBS-TV show, after agreeing to sing “Sixteen Tons” (sparking Ed’s ire), 1955
Bob Dylan begins recording his first, self-titled, album, 1961

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