That’s Alright Mama: Elvis Presley releases his first recording with Sun Records. In his first commercial recording with him, he sings "That's Alright Mama" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky". Elvis Sketch: Bernard Levine.
The Day the Music Died: On 1959, Billie Holiday, Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper died when their plane crashed in Iowa. The event became known as "The Day the Music Died", and was memorialized …show more content…
They appeared for on the Ed Sullivan Show 3 times while Stateside and their first performance broke television viewing records of that time, attracting more than 73 million viewers. This event had a major effect on music because the international success gained caused the British music industry to be seen as a crucial point in musical creativity. Therefore, giving opportunities to more British performers to achieve international success.
Pete Townshend Obliterates Guitar: Pete Townshend is a member of a band called The Who which formed in 1964. But The Who first played at the Railway Hotel in Harrow, West London, everyone discovered the birth of Townshend, the rock icon. It was considered an iconic moment in rock history because the damage to instruments influenced others to do the same, including Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready.
Woodstock Concert: The Woodstock festival was located in Bethel, New York which also had an audience of about 400,000 people witnessed acts from among others, the Who, Santana, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix and, in only their second live show together, Crosby, Stills, Nash and