1999 – John Mellencamp plays a surprise gig at the 350-person-capacity Mercury Lounge in New York.
1999 – A year after nearly dying from pneumonia, Johnny Cash finds himself battling the condition again. Cash is listed in serious condition at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.
1997 – Henry “”The Sunflower”” Vestine, original guitarist for Canned Heat, is found dead in his hotel room in France. The cause of death is undetermined.
1991 – Country music singer Clint Black and TV actress Lisa Hartman marry near Houston. The couple met when Hartman and her mother attended a New Year’s concert Black gave in Houston.
1978 – The Police give their U.S. performance debut at CBGB’s in New York.
1977 – Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd are killed when their rented plane crashes in a swamp near Gillsburg, Miss.
1964 – James George “”Soni”” Sonefeld, drummer for the band Hootie & The Blowfish, is born in Lansing, Michigan.
1961 – Bob Dylan’s self-titled debut album is recorded.
1960 – Elvis Presley film “”G.I. Blues”” premieres.
1953 – Tom Petty is born in Gainesville, Fla. He wins a Grammy Award as part of the Traveling Wilburys for the 1989 album “”Traveling Wilburys Volume One.
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