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Music promoter Harvey Goldsmith is born in Edgware, Middlesex, UK. In a lengthy and acclaimed career, he will work with Andrea Bocelli, Jeff Beck, Muse, Genesis, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Santana, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Luciano Pavarotti, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain, Bee Gees, Jools Holland, Marti Pellow, Oasis, Paul Weller, Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Saxon, Shirley Bassey, Family, Ronan Keating, Gabrielle, Richard Hawley, U2, Coldplay, Nigel Kennedy, Eric Clapton, Richard Ashcroft, Ash, Asian Dub Foundation, Supergrass, Doves, Madness, Aswad, David Gray, Queen, Elton John, Streetwalkers, The Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Nelly Furtado, Scissor Sisters, Van Morrison, Madonna, Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, Whitesnake, Passionate Friends, Sting and many others.
Despite the host's earlier denouncement of Elvis Presley as too suggestive for his show, the emerging King is allowed a slot on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA. Sullivan, however, declines to introduce him, leaving that chore to actor Charles Laughton. Pandemonium ensues among the teenage audience, and the show is a turning point in rock history. Watching at home in New Jersey is a seven year old boy called Bruce Springsteen who immediately convinces his parents to buy him a guitar. Watching in Lubbock, Texas, is Buddy Holly.
Soozie Tyrell, violinist, guitarist and backing vocalist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is born in Pisa, Italy, Europe.
Lou Christie records Two Faces Have I at Gateway Studios in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. This song will provide the inspiration for the 1987 Bruce Springsteen song Two Faces.
UK soul/r'n'b band Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers record Something You've Got at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK. Co-written by Allen Toussaint and Chris Kenner, Something You Got was first recorded in 1961 by Kenner, and subsequently covered by Wilson Pickett, Alvin Robinson, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Chuck Jackson, Earl Grant, Maxine Brown, Bobby Womack, The Moody Blues, The American Breed, Fairport Convention, Bruce Springsteen and, of course, Cliff Bennett.
Chicago play the third night of a week at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA. The entire week of shows is recorded and will be released as a 4-LP set entitled Chicago At Carnegie Hall. It will become the best-selling box set by a rock act, until 1986 when Bruce Springsteen releases the Live/1975-85 5 LP live box.
Chicago play the last night of a week at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA. The entire week of shows is recorded and will be released as a 4-LP set entitled Chicago At Carnegie Hall. It will become the best-selling box set by a rock act, until 1986 when Bruce Springsteen releases the Live/1975-85 5 LP live box.
Chicago play the final night of a week at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA. The entire week of shows is recorded and will be released as a 4-LP set entitled Chicago At Carnegie Hall. It will become the best-selling box set by a rock act, until 1986 when Bruce Springsteen releases the Live/1975-85 5 LP live box.
It's a hectic 24 hours in rock'n'roll. The New York Dolls' eponymous debut album is released on Mercury Records in the USA and, on the same day, Bruce Springsteen is hailed as the most popular act at the CBS Convention in the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Also on the same day, fights break out at an Ike And Tina Turner show at Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, California, between members of the radical Black Panthers and the band. Finally, back in New York City, Led Zeppelin play the first of three nights at Madison Square Garden.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Joe's Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Peter Johnson And The Manic Depressives.The second day of the three-day long Ozark Music Festival is held at The Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Missouri. Artists appearing over the course of the event include Jefferson Starship, The Eagles, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Bachman Turner Overdirve, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Earl Scruggs Revue, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boz Scaggs, Electric Flag, Ted Nugent And The Amboy Dukes, David Bromberg, Leo Kottke, Cactus, Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen. Hosting the event is Wolfman Jack.
Bad Blood by Neil Sedaka reaches No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. On the same day, Bruce Springsteen has his first US Top 40 singles chart entry with Born To Run, which will peak at No23.
Bruce Springsteen And The E-Street Band play at The Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, Florida, USA.Bruce Springsteen's first public performance of Because The Night, takes place on stage with Patti Smith at CBGB's Theater, New York City, USA. During the show, the venue is closed by fire marshals, citing excess capacity as the reason.
Bruce Springsteen joins Bob Seger on stage during a concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, for a duet of Thunder Road.
Bruce Springsteen joins Cats On A Smooth Surface for an impromptu set at the Stone Pony, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.
Bruce Springsteen plays live with Cats On A Smooth Surface at Jon Jon's, Wall, New Jersey, USA.Bruce Springsteen records Rockaway The Days at The Hit Factory, New York City, USA.
On his Born In The USA tour, Bruce Springsteen plays at The Morris Community Theater, Morristown, New Jersey, USA.The superstar charity single We Are The World by USA For Africa, which includes Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Ray Charles and Diana Ross among its vocalists, enters the Billboard Hot 100 at No23.
On his Born In The USA tour, Bruce Springsteen plays the first of two nights at Stadion Feynoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Europe.On the Born In The USA tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Oakland Stadium, Oakland, California, USA.
Cheech And Chong release a new single, Born In East L.A., on MCA Records in the UK. The song is a parody of the Bruce Springsteen song Born In The USA.
When Little Steven plays at The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA, he is joined on stage by Bruce Springsteen for two songs.
At The Tradewinds club, Sea Bright, New Jersey, USA, Bruce Springsteen joins The Cats onstage for six songs.
On a brief visit to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Bruce Springsteen stops into the Maple Leaf Club and gets up on stage with local band Blues Department to play five songs.On a brief visit to New Orleans, Louisiana, Bruce Springsteen stops into the Maple Leaf Club and gets up on stage with local band Blues Department to play five songs. Meanwhile, in Atlanta, Georgia, Roger McGuinn plays at The Uptown, where he is backed by a quartet of local musicians calling themselves The Southern Gentlemen. They are, in fact, R.E.M.
On the Tunnel Of Love tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band play at Weser Stadium, Bremen, Germany, Europe.
On his Devils And Dust tour, Bruce Springsteen plays at Colorado Convention Center Lecture Hall, Denver, Colorado, USA.Bruce Springsteen plays at the Arena At Harbour Yard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
Bruce Springsteen's album Working On A Dream debuts at No1 in the Billboard charts in the USA with 224,000 first-week sales.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at the HP Pavilion at San Jose, California, USA.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at the Jobing.com Arena, Glandale, Arizona, USA.Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at the Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play the second of two nights at The Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band begin the European leg of their current tour with a performance at the Pink Pop Festival, Landgraaf, Holland, Europe. Brandon Flowers of The Killers joins Springsteen on stage to sing Thunder Road.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at the Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland.
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at The Stadio Olympico, Rome, Italy, Europe.
When Alejandro Escovedo plays at The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA, he is joined onstage by Bruce Springsteen.When Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band play at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, they are joined onstage by Bruce Springsteen.
At the end of Bruce Springsteen's headlining set at the Hard Rock Calling Festival in Hyde Park, London, England, UK, he is joined onstage by Paul McCartney. Unfortunately, after just a couple of songs together, the local authorities pull the plug on the power system, bringing the show to sudden end because the musicians have run over the time allotted for the show.
On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at The KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at The First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York State, USA.On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at The American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.On their The River Tour, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band play at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain, Europe.The B-Street Band, a popular Bruce Springsteen tribute group, announces that it has pulled out of performing at Donald Trump's Inaugural Gala, after receiving thousands of e-mails on the subject.
As part of his Springsteen On Broadway series of shows, Bruce Springsteen plays at The Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, USA.1946 |
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