For Best-of lists which have been posted on the DMDB blog, Facebook page, or website, check out the Best-of Lists link here on the blog. You can also check out the Birthdays link to see which music makers have birthdays on any given day. Blog entries up to March 21, 2013 have been integrated into the list below.
- Oct. 29: Mozart’s Don Giovanni performed for the first time
- Dec. 22: Beethoven’s 5th and 6th Symphonies performed for first time
- Aug. 12: Thomas Edison invented the phonograph
- July 3: George M. Cohan was born
- May 11: Irving Berlin was born
- Nov. 23: The jukebox debuted
- Nov. 1: The first issue of Billboard hit newsstands
- Mar. 1: Glenn Miller was born
- Oct. 15: The Haydn Quartet charted with “Sweet Adeline”
- July 8: Louis Jordan, the Father of R&B, was born
- Oct. 24: “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” – In Celebration of the All Star Game
- Apr. 10: “Shine on, Harvest Moon” hit #1
- Sept. 16: “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” Hits #1
- May 26: “For Me and My Gal” charted for the first time
- Sept. 29: The American Quartet’s “Over There” charted
- Feb. 1: Marion Harris hit #1 with “After You’ve Gone”
- Feb. 15: “Till We Meet Again” charted for the first time
- Jan. 24: Ben Selvin charted with “Dardanella”
- Oct. 30: Paul Whiteman’s “Whispering” hit #1
- Oct. 19: Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition performed for first time
- Nov. 24: W.C. Handy charted with “St. Louis Blues”
- Jan. 5: Glen Gray charted with “Blue Moon”
- Sept. 30: Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway
- June 20: The Final Recordings of Robert Johnson
- Sept. 18: Count Basie charts with “One O’Clock Jump”
- Jan. 16: Benny Goodman performed at Carnegie Hall
- Jan. 29: Bunny Berigan charted with “I Can’t Get Started”
- June 25: Ella Fitzgerald hit #1 with “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”
- Feb. 11: Larry Clinton takes “Deep Purple” to #1
- Apr. 8: Kate Smith charted with “God Bless America”
- July 22: Billie Holiday charted with “Strange Fruit”
- Sept. 9: Judy Garland charts with “Over the Rainbow”
- Oct. 7: Glenn Miller charted with “In the Mood”
- Jan. 27: Coleman Hawkins charted with “Body and Soul”
- Feb. 17: Cliff Edwards charted with “When You Wish Upon a Star”
- July 27: Frank Sinatra hit #1 for the first time
- Dec. 21: Artie Shaw’s “Frenesi” hit #1
- Jan. 18: Artie Shaw charted with “Star Dust”
- July 26: Duke Ellington Charts with “Take the ‘A’ Train”
- Aug. 1: The American Federation of Musicians’ strike
- Oct. 31: Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” hit #1
- Jan. 8: David Bowie was born / His Top 65 Songs Ranked
- Feb. 18: Styx’s Dennis DeYoung was born
- June 21: The Harmonicats hit #1 with “Peg O’ My Heart”
- Aug. 9: Hank Williams charted for the first time
- Aug. 30: Francis Craig’s “Near You” began its 17-week run at #1
- Jan. 24: Mahalia Jackson charted with “Move on Up a Little Higher”
- Feb. 21: “I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover” gets lucky 21 years after it first charted
- June 21: The Birth of the LP
- Jan. 22: Steve Perry was born / Journey’s Top 20 Songs
- May 14: Vaughn Monroe hit #1 with “Riders in the Sky”
- Apr. 7: South Pacific opened on Broadway
- Jan. 3: Sun Records opened
- July 8: Nat “King” Cole hit #1 with “Mona Lisa”
- Nov. 18: Patti Page charted with “Tennessee Waltz”
- Mar. 21: DJ Alan Freed hosted the first rock ‘n’ roll show
- Apr. 11: The movie Singin’ in the Rain was released
- Aug. 9: Jo Stafford charted with “You Belong to Me”
- Nov. 14: New Musical Express published the first British singles chart
- July 5-6: Elvis made legendary recordings at Sun Studios
- Aug. 7: The Crew-Cuts hit #1 with “Sh-Boom”
- Aug. 17: Billy Murray, the biggest selling sensation of the pioneer era, dies
- Mar. 15: My Fair Lady opened on Broadway
- July 1: Elvis Presley Performs for a Hound Dog
- July 9: Dick Clark took over American Bandstand
- July 14: My Fair Lady went to #1
- July 21: Johnny Cash went to #1 on the country charts
- July 6: John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time
- Sept. 26: West Side Story debuted on Broadway
- Feb. 3: The Day the Music Died
- May 4: The first Grammys were held
- Aug. 17: Miles Davis released Kind of Blue
- Aug. 24: Bobby Darin charts with “Mack the Knife”
- Apr. 3: The Marcels hit #1 with “Blue Moon”
- June 22: The Beatles’ first recording session
- Aug. 21: Patsy Cline recorded “Crazy”
- Dec. 11: Motown achieved its first #1 with “Please Mr. Postman”
- Jan. 13: Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” hit #1…again
- June 23: Ray Charles Modern Sounds went to #1)
- July 12: The Rolling Stones played their first gig
- July 14: Ray Charles’ “I Can’t Stop Loving You” hit #1
- Oct. 24: James Brown performs at the Apollo Theater
- Mar. 10: Rick Rubin was born
- Aug. 8: The Kingsmen released “Louie Louie”
- Aug. 10: 13-Year-Old Stevie Wonder hits #1
- Jan. 1: Top of the Pops launched in Britain
- Feb. 9: The Beatles performed on The Ed Sullivan Show
- Apr. 4: The Beatles had the top 5 songs in the U.S.
- June 24: The Animals charted with “The House of the Rising Sun”
- July 18: The Rolling Stones Hit #1 for the First Time
- Aug. 22: Martha & the Vandellas chart with “Dancing in the Street”
- Aug. 29: Roy Orbison charts with “Oh, Pretty Woman”
- Sept. 22: Fiddler on the Roof opens on Broadway
- Oct. 28-29: The T.A.M.I. Show was taped for television broadcast
- Dec. 9: John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme
- Mar. 6: The Temptations hit #1 with “My Girl”
- June 12: The Rolling Stones charted with “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
- July 24: Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” debuted on the Hot 100
- Aug. 30: Bob Dylan released Highway 61 Revisited
- Nov. 4: The Who charted with “My Generation”
- Nov. 13: The Sound of Music soundtrack hits #1
- Dec. 3: The Beatles released Rubber Soul
- Jan. 1: The Mamas & the Papas charted with “California Dreamin’”
- May 16: The Beach Boys released Pet Sounds
- May 16: Bob Dylan released Blonde on Blonde
- May 17: Bob Dylan goes electric
- Aug. 5: The Beatles released Revolver
- Sept. 3: The Four Tops chart with “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)”
- Sept. 12: The Monkees debuts on TV
- Oct. 22: The Beach Boys charted with “Good Vibrations”
- Nov. 20: Kevin Gilbert was born
- Dec. 3: The Monkees’ released “I’m a Believer”
- Jan. 4: The Doors released their debut album
- Jan. 27: Aretha Franklin held her first Atlantic Records recording session
- Mar. 12: The Velvet Underground released their debut album
- May 12: The Jimi Hendrix Experience released Are You Experienced?
- May 25: Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” charted
- June 1: The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s
- June 3: Aretha Franklin hit #1 with “Respect”
- June 16-18: The Monterey Pop Festival
- June 24: Psychedelic Rock Goes Mainstream
- July 15: Van Morrison Charts with “Brown-Eyed Girl”
- Aug. 5: Pink Floyd releases Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- Oct. 14: Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” charted
- Nov. 9: Rolling Stone magazine hit the newsstands
- Nov. 10: The Moody Blues charted with “Nights in White Satin”
- Nov. ?: Love released Forever Changes
- Dec. 10: Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash
- Jan. 13: Johnny Cash recorded live at Folsom Prison
- Feb. 29: The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s wins the Grammy for Album of the Year
- Apr. 27: Simon & Garfunkel charted with “Mrs. Robinson”
- Jul 7: The Beginning and End of Led Zeppelin (Yardbirds last gig on July 7, 1968)
- Aug. 31: Janis Joplin charts with Cheap Thrills and “Piece of My Heart”
- Sept. 16: Jimi Hendrix released Electric Ladyland
- Nov. 2: Glen Campbell charted with “Wichita Lineman”
- Nov. 16: Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” hit the charts
- Nov. 22: The Beatles released The White Album
- Nov. 22: The Kinks released Village Green Preservation Society
- Nov. ?: Van Morrison released Astral Weeks
- Dec. 3: Elvis Presley’s comeback special aired on NBC
- Dec. 6: The Rolling Stones released Beggars Banquet
- Jan. 12: Led Zeppelin released its first album
- Mar. 8: The Fifth Dimension charted with “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”
- May 23: The Who released Tommy
- June 16: Captain Beefheart released Trout Mask Replica
- July 20: David Bowie’s Career Took Off Thanks to Men Landing on the Moon
- July 21: Blind Faith released its only album
- Aug. 15: The Woodstock Festival began
- Sept. 22: The Band released their self-titled sophomore album
- Sept. 26: The Beatles released Abbey Road
- Oct. 22: Led Zeppelin released its second album
- Nov. 28: The Rolling Stones released Let It Bleed
- Dec. 6: Death at the Altamont Festival
- Jan. 26: Simon & Garfunkel released Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Feb 28: Van Morrison released Moondance
- Feb. 28: Simon & Garfunkel hit #1 with “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
- Mar. 11: CSNY released Déjà Vu
- July 4: American Top 40 Debuted
- July 25: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Cosmo’s Factory debuted
- Aug. 31: Neil Young released After the Gold Rush
- Sept. 18: Black Sabbath released Paranoid
- Sept. 25: The Partridge Family debuted on TV
- Oct. 17: The Jackson 5 land fourth consecutive #1 with “I’ll Be There”
- Nov. 7: Lynn Anderson charted with “Rose Garden”
- Nov. 21: Derek and the Dominos charted with Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
- Nov. 27: George Harrison released All Things Must Pass
- Dec. 11: John Lennon released Plastic Ono Band
- Mar. 12-13: The Allman Brothers Band record one of the classic live albums
- Mar. 19: Jethro Tull released Aqualung
- Mar. 20: Derek and the Dominos charted with “Layla”
- Apr. 23: The Rolling Stones released Sticky Fingers
- May 21: Marvin Gaye released What’s Going On
- June 19: Carole King’s Tapestry hit #1
- June 22: Joni Mitchell released Blue
- July 17: The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” charts in the U.S.
- Aug. 14: Rod Stewart charts with “Maggie May”
- Aug. 14: The Who released Who’s Next
- Sept. 9: John Lennon released Imagine
- Oct. 12: Jesus Christ Superstar opened on Broadway
- Nov. 8: Led Zeppelin IV released
- Nov. 26: Yes released Fragile
- Jan. 15: Don McLean’s “American Pie” hit #1
- May 12: The Rolling Stones released Exile on Main Street
- June 6: David Bowie released Ziggy Stardust
- June 13: R&B legend Clyde McPhatter died
- Nov. 11: Neil Young’s Harvest hit #1 in the U.S. and U.K.
- Apr. 28: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon hit #1
- June 15: Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On” (released June 15, 1973): Even Jack Black Can’t Deny Its Charms
- Aug. 3: Stevie Wonder released Innervisions
- Sept. 19: Country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons died
- Oct. 5: Elton John released Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Dec. 5: Paul McCartney & Wings released Band on the Run
- Feb. 2: Barbra Streisand hit #1 with “The Way We Were”
- May 22: Jon Landau wrote about Bruce Springsteen
- Aug. 16: The Ramones’ first gig at CBGB
- Nov. 25: Nick Drake died
- Jan. 17: Bob Dylan released Blood on the Tracks
- Feb. 24: Led Zeppelin released Physical Graffiti
- May 21: A Chorus Line opened / send-off to Marvin Hamlisch (August 6, 2012)
- June 5: Syd Barrett showed up while Pink Floyd recorded a tribute to him
- Aug. 2: Fleetwood Mac hit the charts with their new California sound
- Aug. 25: Bruce Springsteen released Born to Run
- Sept. 15: Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here
- Oct. 11: Saturday Night Live premiered
- Nov. 8: Queen charted with “Bohemian Rhapsody”
- Nov. 8: Patti Smith released Horses
- Dec. 2: Queen released A Night at the Opera
- Jan. 6: Frampton Comes Alive! was released
- Apr. 23: The Ramones released their debut album
- Mar. 22: Elvis Presley’s Sun Sessions released in album form
- Sept. 4: Abba hits #1 in the UK with “Dancing Queen”
- Sept. 28: Stevie Wonder released Songs in the Key of Life
- Oct. 1: Bob Seger released Night Moves
- Dec. 8: The Eagles released Hotel California
- Feb. 4: Fleetwood Mac released Rumours
- Feb. 8: Television released Marquee Moon
- Apr. 8: The Clash released their debut
- May 7: The Eagles’ “Hotel California” hit #1
- July 30: Styx charted with breakthrough album, The Grand Illusion
- Oct. 8: Billy Joel charted with The Stranger
- Oct. 20: Lynyrd Skynyrd members died in a plane crash
- Nov. 12: The Sex Pistols hit #1 in the U.K.
- Dec. 16: Saturday Night Fever premiered in U.S. theaters
- Dec. 17: Elvis Costello gets banned from Saturday Night Live
- Jan. 21: The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack hit #1 for the first of 24 weeks
- Feb. 10: Van Halen released their debut album
- Apr. 26: The Band’s concert film, The Last Waltz, premiered
- July 29: The Grease soundtrack went to #1
- Feb. 10: The Police chart with “Roxanne”
- July 1: The Sony Walkman was introduced
- July 12: Disco Demolition Night
- Oct. 13: Sugar Hill Gang charted with “Rapper’s Delight”
- Nov. 30: Pink Floyd released The Wall
- Dec. 14: The Clash released London Calling
- Feb. 19: AC/DC’s Bon Scott died
- June 28: Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” charted
- July 7: The Beginning and End of Led Zeppelin (last gig on July 7, 1980)
- July 18: Joy Division released Closer
- July 25: AC/DC released Back in Black
- Oct. 8: Talking Heads released Remain in Light
- Nov. 15: Kenny Rogers topped the pop charts with “Lady”
- Nov. 21: REO Speedwagon’s Hi Infidelity released
- July 2: Foreigner released 4
- July 4: Lionel Richie and Diana Ross debuted with “Endless Love”
- Aug. 1: MTV went on the air
- Aug. 8: Journey charted with Escape
- Oct. 3: Olivia Newton-John charted with “Physical”
- Dec. 12: The Human League hit #1 in the UK with “Don’t You Want Me?”
- Apr. 22: Men at Work released Business As Usual in the U.S.
- May 15: Duran Duran charted with “Hungry Like the Wolf”
- July 24: Grandmaster Flash charted with “The Message”
- Oct. 2: John Cougar hit #1 with “Jack and Diane”
- Feb. 26: Michael Jackson hit #1 with Thriller
- Apr. 12: R.E.M. released its debut album, Murmur
- Apr. 30: Muddy Waters died
- June 17: The Police’s Synchronicity released
- July 9: The Police hit #1 with “Every Breath You Take”
- Jan. 9: Van Halen released 1984
- Mar. 2: This is Spinal Tap hit movie theaters
- May 8: Bob Marley’s Legend was released
- June 2: Prince charted with “When Doves Cry”
- June 25: Prince’s Purple Rain released
- June 30: Huey Lewis & the News’ Sports hit #1
- July 6: The Jacksons kicked off their Victory Tour
- July 7: Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. hit #1
- Sept. 14: The First MTV Video Music Awards
- Dec. 15: Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas” hit #1
- Jan. 10: Cyndi Lauper landed Grammy nominations in the Big Four categories
- Jan. 28: “We Are the World” was recorded
- Feb. 16: George Michael’s “Careless Whisper” hit #1
- Feb. 17: Tears for Fears released Songs from the Big Chair
- May 13: Dire Straits released Brothers in Arms
- June 29: Marillion Misplaced Childhood hit #1 in UK
- July 13: Live Aid
- Sept. 19: The PMRC Senate Hearings
- Jan. 23: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first class
- Feb. 24: Metallica released Master of Puppets
- June 28: The Smiths released The Queen Is Dead
- July 19: Madonna’s True Blue debuted
- July 26: Run-D.M.C. charted with its remake of “Walk This Way”
- Aug. 12: Paul Simon released Graceland
- Oct. 25: Bon Jovi hit #1 with Slippery When Wet
- Dec. 19: Judge refused to reinstate a lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne’s “Suicide Solution”
- Dec. 20: The Beastie Boys charted with “Fight for Your Right”
- Mar. 17: U2 released The Joshua Tree
- Mar. 30: Prince released Sign ‘☮’ the Times
- June 27: Whitney Houston Has the #1 Single and Album
- July 21: Guns N’ Roses released Appetite for Destruction
- Sept. 1: Dirty Dancing soundtrack released
- Nov. 3: George Michael released Faith
- Jan. 26: Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway
- June 11: Guns N’ Roses charted with “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
- July 23: Def Leppard finally hit #1 with Hysteria
- July 23: Public Enemy charted with It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
- Apr. 18: The Pixies released Doolittle
- May 2: The Cure released Disintegration
- May 13: The Stone Roses’ debut album hit the charts
- Jan. 20: Sinéad O’Connor charted with “Nothing Compares 2 U”
- Feb. 22: Depeche Mode released Violator
- June 10: 2 Live Crew were arrested for obscenity
- Aug. 18: Garth Brooks hit the charts with “Friends in Low Places”
- Oct. 27: The Righteous Brothers hit #1 with “Unchained Melody” more than 25 years after it first charted
- Nov. 19: Milli Vanilli was stripped of its Best New Artist Grammy
- June 29: Bryan Adams charted with “Everything I Do (I Do It for You)”
- Aug. 6: Massive Attack released Blue Lines
- Aug. 12: Metallica released “The Black Album”
- Aug. 27: Pearl Jam released Ten
- Sept. 7: Red Hot Chili Peppers release Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- Sept. 17: Guns N’ Roses released the Use Your Illusion albums
- Sept. 24: Nirvana’s Nevermind released
- Nov. 19: U2 released Achtung Baby
- Oct. 6: R.E.M. released Automatic for the People
- Nov. 28: Whitney Houston hit #1 with “I Will Always Love You”
- Apr. 17: Radiohead first charted with “Creep”
- Apr. 5: Kurt Cobain died
- Apr. 25: Blur released Parklife
- July 16: The Lion King soundtrack hit #1
- Aug. 23: Jeff Buckley’s Grace
- Mar. 13: Radiohead released The Bends
- May 27: Hootie & the Blowfish hit #1 with Cracked Rear View
- June 13: Alanis Morissette released Jagged Little Pill
- Aug. 26: Blur beats Oasis in the battle of Britpop: August 26
- Sept. 2: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors
- Oct. 9: Oasis released (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
- Oct. 10: No Doubt released Tragic Kingdom
- Dec. 2: Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men debuted at #1 with “One Sweet Day”
- June 18: Beck released Odelay
- Sept. 13: The Death of Tupac Shakur
- Oct. 26: Toni Braxton charted with “Un-Break My Heart”
- June 14: Puff Daddy Memorialized Notorious B.I.G.
- June 28: Radiohead hit #1 in the UK with OK Computer
- Sept. 6: Elton John performs “Candle in the Wind” at Princess Di’s funeral
- Jan. 30: Britney Spears topped the U.S. album and singles charts
- Feb. 23: Eminem released debut album The Slim Shady LP
- Oct. 16: Creed hit #1 with Human Clay
- Oct. 23: Santana’s “Smooth” hit #1
- June 10: Eminem hit #1 with The Marshall Mathers LP
- July 31: Coldplay’s “Yellow” charted
- May 5: Alicia Keys charted with “Fallin’”
- July 30: The Strokes released Is This It
- Sept. 11: We Will Never Forget
- Jan. 19: Ashanti hit the charts with “Foolish”
- Mar. 23: The O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack hit #1
- Oct. 5: Eminem charted with “Lose Yourself”
- Nov. 30: Coldplay charted with “Clocks”
- Jan. 25: Norah Jones’ Come Away with Me hit #1
- Jan. 25: Evanescence charted with “Bring Me to Life”
- Oct. 18: OutKast charted with the Song of the Decade, “Hey Ya!”
- Jan. 31: Franz Ferdinand charted with “Take Me Out”
- Feb. 28: Usher hits #1 with “Yeah!”
- June 26: The Killers charted with “Mr. Brightside”
- Sept. 21: Green Day released American Idiot
- Jan. 7: Mary J. Blige hit #1 with “Be Without You” and The Breakthrough
- Jan. 20: High School Musical premiered on TV
- Jan. 29: The Arctic Monkeys’ debut hit #1 in the UK
- Feb. 18: Carrie Underwood charted with “Before He Cheats”
- Apr. 1: Shakira and Wyclef Jean charted with “Hips Don’t Lie”
- July 15: Justin Timberlake released “SexyBack”
- Aug. 2: M.I.A. debuted with “Paper Planes”
- Aug. 19: Lady Gaga releases The Fame
- Sept. 27: Taylor Swift charts with “Love Story”
- Dec. 13: Beyoncé hit #1 with “Single Ladies”
- Jan. 3: Lady Gaga hits the charts with “Poker Face”
- Apr. 18: The Black Eyed Peas hit #1 with “Boom Boom Pow”
- July 11: The Black Eyed Peas knocked themselves from #1
- Aug. 29: Lady Antebellum charted with “Need You Now”
- Sept. 5: Train charts with “Hey, Soul Sister”
- Jan. 2: Ke$ha hit #1 with “Tik Tok”
- Feb. 6: Justin Bieber charted with “Baby”
- June 19: Katy Perry: #1 with “California Gurls”
- July 31: Eminem and Rihanna hit #1 with “Love the Way You Lie”
- Aug. 3: Arcade Fire releases third album, find Grammy gold
- Feb. 5: Adele charted with “Someone Like You”
- May 15: The Rainmakers live at Knuckleheads
- June 19: R.I.P. Clarence Clemons
- July 23: Amy Winehouse Dead at 27
- Aug. 23: Jerry Leiber, 1933-2011
- Aug. 23: Nickolas Ashford: 1942-2011
- Sept. 28: And This Year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Are…
- Sept. 28: And This Year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Should Be…
- Nov. 30: Predictions for the 2012 Grammy Nominations
- Dec. 1: 2012 Grammy Nominations
- Dec. 7: 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
- Dec. 26: A Guide to Great Music Resources You May Have Missed
- Dec. 27: The 2011 Song of the Year: Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep”
- Dec. 30: Adele’s 21 Is 2011’s Album of the Year
- Jan. 1: The History of the Dave’s Music Database Blog
- Jan. 14: Gotye charts in the U.S. with “Somebody That I Used to Know”
- Jan. 20: Etta James 1938-2012
- Jan. 21: LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” logs its 29th week in the top 10
- Feb. 1: Don Cornelius, creator of Soul Train, dead at 75
- Feb. 6: Madonna’s Super Bowl Halftime Performance
- Feb. 7: Van Halen and David Lee Roth reunite for their first album in 28 years
- Feb. 12: Why the Grammys Are Hard to Take Seriously
- Feb. 25: In the wake of her death, Whitney Houston surges on the charts
- Mar. 1: In Memory of Davy Jones
- Mar. 3: Adele-ation is in full swing in the wake of the Grammys and a Brit Award
- Mar. 6: Bruce Springsteen releases his “Occupy” album Wrecking Ball: March 6, 2012
- Mar. 24: 2012 Inductees for the Country Music Hall of Fame
- Mar. 25: 2012 Inductees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame
- Apr. 15: Dave’s Music Database: April 19 Reading
- Apr. 19: Goodbye, Dick Clark
- Apr. 19: Reading at Boozefish: How to Spot Music Geeks
- Apr. 21: Record Store Day
- May 1: Jack White on track for first #1 album
- May 4: Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, dead at 47
- May 19: The People’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame: 10th Class of Inductees
- May 20: Ivor Novello Awards
- May 21: My Interview on 101 The Fox
- May 24: Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry 10th Anniversary
- May 31: The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era now in ebook format!
- June 8: 2012 CMT Video Music Awards
- June 20: Rock of Ages might make you throw up…in your pants.
- July 19: Indigo Girls Live in Kansas City at Harrahs’ Voodoo Lounge
- Aug. 6: A Chorus Line send-off to Marvin Hamlisch
- Aug. 31: Journey, Pat Benatar, and Loverboy live
- Sept. 11: Will Bob Dylan’s Tempest join his other 13 albums in the top 1000 of all time?
- Oct. 4: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Nominees
- Nov. 2: Country Music Association Awards
- Nov. 19: 2012 American Music Awards
- Nov. 21: Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees for 2013
- Dec. 2: Kennedy Center Honors
- Dec. 5: Grammy Nominations 2013
- Dec. 8: Music Lessons from The Pit: The Playlist
- Dec. 11: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2013 Inductees Announced
- Dec. 12: The Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert
- Dec. 31: The Top 50 Songs of 2012
- Jan. 30: Music Icons stamp series
- Feb. 3: Who Should Play the Super Bowl Halftime Show?
- Feb. 10: Mumford & Sons’ Babel takes home the Album of the Year Grammy
- Feb. 10: Fun.’s “We Are Young” wins the Grammy for Song of the Year
- Feb. 26: Albums to Look Forward to in 2013
- Mar. 21: National Recording Registry Adds 25 Recordings
