August 16…A Huge Date In American History
August 16…A Huge Date In American History
On August 16, 1969, it was the second day of music at Woodstock with performances by Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater, Melanie, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, The Incredible String Band, Santana, The Who, Paul Butterfield and Keel Hartley.
On August 16, 1977, The King Died. Today, we’ll take a look at some of Elvis Presley’s very first television appearances and some you have never seen. As you will see, these first shows were in 1956, and except for Steve Allen, all the other appearances were multi week affairs…6 weeks on ‘The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show’, 2 a month apart on ‘The Milton Berle Show’ and 3 appearances on Sullivan in September, October and January. Stay tuned!
Still listen to Woodstock artists and Elvis
I also remember this day for another reason: It was on this day, the SAME day Elvis died, that I was fired from WRET-TV in Charlotte. Oh well, their loss . . . 😉 I’m doing OK now.
boy i remember this day