Date: September 30, 1933

1933 : WLS radio in Chicago's popular program The National Barn Dance, one of the first country music radio programs, goes national with a move to NBC radio.

Date: September 30, 1935

1935 : The Gershwin musical Porgy and Bess opens at Boston's Colonial Theatre. While not commercially successful, a revival in 1942 would turn it into one of the longest-running musicals in history.

Date: September 30, 1941

1941 : The Larry Clinton Orchestra records "That Solid Old Man."

Date: September 30, 1954

1954 : Julie Andrews makes her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend.

Date: September 30, 1954

1954 : Patsy Cline signs a contract with Four Star Music Sales.

Date: September 30, 1955

In 1955, 24-year-old actor James Dean was killed in Cholame, California, when the Porsche he is driving hit a Ford Tudor sedan at an intersection.

Date: September 30, 1957

1957 : The Louis Armstrong album Louis Armstrong Plays King Oliver is recorded at Radio Recorders studio in Hollywood, marking the first stereo album recorded in America.

Date: September 30, 1963

1963 : The Beatles record "Money (That's What I Want)" and "I Wanna Be Your Man."

Date: September 30, 1964

1964 : The Beatles record "Every Little Thing," "What You're Doing," and "No Reply."

Date: September 30, 1964

1964, The Beatles continued recording sessions at Abbey Road for their fourth UK album Beatles For Sale, recording various takes of 'Every Little Thing', 'What You're Doing' and 'No Reply', which became the opening track on Beatles For Sale.

Date: September 30, 1965

1965 : Elvis Presley meets Tom Jones for the first time, on the set of the King's Paradise, Hawaiian Style movie. The two become fast friends.

Date: September 30, 1965

1965 : Donovan makes his US television debut on the Shindig musical variety show.

Date: September 30, 1965

1965 - Donovan made his U.S. television debut on Shindig! along with The Hollies, The Turtles and the Dave Clark Five.

Date: September 30, 1965

1965, Donovan made his US television debut on Shindig! along with The Hollies, The Turtles and the Dave Clark Five.

Date: September 30, 1965

1965, The Rolling Stones performed at the Gaumont Theatre in Hanley, Staffordshire, UK. Also on the bill were The Moody Blues, The Spencer Davis Group, The End and The Habits. Bill Wyman produced singles and the debut album of The End, for Decca Records.

Date: September 30, 1967

1967, The UK's first National pop radio station, BBC Radio 1 was launched in the UK to take over from the very successful pirate radio stations, which had been forced off-air by the Government. Former pirate DJ Tony Blackburn, from Radio Caroline, was the first presenter on air, with The Move's Flowers In The Rain the first record to be played.

Date: September 30, 1967

1967 : The UK radio network BBC Radio One takes the airwaves tonight with an opening spin of the Move's "Flowers In The Rain."

Date: September 30, 1967

1967, Pink Floyd appeared at The Imperial Ballroom, Nelson, England. The Imperial was a regular venue in the North West of England during the 1960s that saw many acts appearing, including The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream.

Date: September 30, 1969

1969, Christine Hinton the girlfriend of David Crosby was killed in a car crash near San Francisco.

Date: September 30, 1971

1971 : #1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart.

Date: September 30, 1972

1972, David Cassidy was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'How Can I Be Sure.' It was the star from the US TV series the Partridge Family's first UK No.1. It was originally recorded by The Young Rascals in 1967.

Date: September 30, 1974

1974 - Police were called to a Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Öyster Cult concert after a fight broke out between two sound engineers. The kerfuffle began when the Skynyrd tech claimed that the sound had been deliberately turned off during the band's set.

Date: September 30, 1974

1974, Police were called to a Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Oyster Cult concert after a fight broke out between two sound engineers. The Skynyrd roadie claimed that the sound had been deliberately turned off during the bands set.

Date: September 30, 1977

1977 : Exile's "Kiss You All Over" hits #1. Their only other US Top-40 is "You Thrill Me," which peaks at #40.

Date: September 30, 1977

1977 : Ringo Starr releases Ringo The 4th.

Date: September 30, 1977

1977 - Mary Ford — one-half of the musical team she formed with her husband, Les Paul — died from cancer after being in a diabetic coma for 54 days. Between 1950 and 1954, Les Paul and Mary Ford had 16 top-ten hits; in 1951 alone, they sold six million records.

Date: September 30, 1977

1977, Mary Ford died from cancer after being in a diabetic coma for 54 days. One-half of the husband-and-wife musical team, Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hits; in 1951 alone, they sold six million records.

Date: September 30, 1978

1978, Exile started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Kiss You All Over', it made No.6 in the UK.

Date: September 30, 1978

1978, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John had their second UK No.1 from the film 'Grease' with 'Summer Nights.' Seven weeks at No.1 it became the second best selling single of 1978, beaten by 'Saturday Night Fever'.

Date: September 30, 1978

1978 - Exile started a four-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Kiss You All Over."

Date: September 30, 1983

1983 : #1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" by Bonnie Tyler.

Date: September 30, 1984

1984, The music division of Thorn EMI once said to be the greatest recording organisation in the world reported a world-wide loss of almost $5 million during the last six months.

Date: September 30, 1987

1987 : Roy Orbison's comeback picks up speed at a Los Angeles concert filmed for the Cinemax special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night. Bruce Springsteen,Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, and J.D. Souther all perform at the show, which is billed as "Roy Orbison: A Black And White Night" and is filmed in black and white.

Date: September 30, 1988

1988 : John Lennon is awarded a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine St.

Date: September 30, 1989

1989 : Neil Young performs "Rockin' In The Free World" on Saturday Night Live.

Date: September 30, 1989

Today in 1989, Neil Young played "Rockin' In the Free World" as the musical guest onSaturday Night Live. It was awesome. Young, who was 43 at the time, came onstage wearing a leather jacket, Elvis T-shirt and faded jeans stitched with Toronto Maple Leafs motifs; he was backed by Charlie Drayton on bass, Steve Jordan on drums, and longtime sideman Frank "Poncho" Sampedro on second guitar. The performance marked a turning point in Young's career. Writing in the Village Voice Rock & Roll Quarterly, Jimmy McDonough observed, "[Young] was all over the stage, jumping on the drum stand, lunging out of camera range, whipping off earsplitting solos that sounded like falling power lines. It was the loudest thing I've ever heard on TV … This is easily his best band since Crazy Horse." Young later revealed that before going onstage, he had worked with a trainer — lifting weights and doing calisthenics — to bring himself to an energy level comparable to a typical encore. The song was included in the Saturday Night Live 25 Years of Music compilation, released in 2000.

Date: September 30, 1989

1989 : Bette Midler is awarded $400,000 in a lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company over their use of a soundalike singer in their commercials.

Date: September 30, 1991

1991 : Entertainer Liza Minnelli receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. Her mother, Judy Garland, has three stars on the famous boulevard.

Date: September 30, 1992

1992 - Steve Earle was arrested in Nashville, Tenn., after he failed to report for jury duty.

Date: September 30, 1992

1992, US singer Steve Earle was arrested in Nashville after he failed to report for jury service.

Date: September 30, 1993

1993 - Kate Pierson of The B-52's was charged with criminal mischief and trespassing during an anti-fur protest at Vogue magazine's New York City offices.

Date: September 30, 1993

1993, Kate Pierson from The B-52's was charged with criminal mischief and trespassing during an anti-fur protest at 'Vogue's' New York City offices.

Date: September 30, 1993

1993 : George Harrison and David Crosby lend their voices and cartoon likenesses to the season 5 premiere of The Simpsons in the episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet."

Date: September 30, 1993

1993 : George Harrison and David Crosby lend their voices and cartoon likenesses to the season 5 premiere of The Simpsons in the episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet."

Date: September 30, 1994

1994, T.A.F.K.A.P. launched music channel VH1 in the UK, which gave the first airing of his new video 'Dolphin.'

Date: September 30, 1995

1995, Simply Red scored their first UK No.1 single when 'Fairground' started a four-week run at the top of the charts. It was their 15th UK Top 40 hit.

Date: September 30, 1995

1995, Mariah Carey made chart history when she started an eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Fantasy', making her the first female act to enter the chart in pole position.

Date: September 30, 1995

1995 - Mariah Carey made chart history when she started an eight-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Fantasy," making her the first woman to enter the chart in the No. 1 spot.

Date: September 30, 1997

1997 : Fleetwood Mac's reunion show at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey, grosses a house record of $1,094,520.

Date: September 30, 1997

1997 : Patty Loveless releases Long Stretch of Lonesome.

Date: September 30, 1997

1997 : Randy Travis becomes the first artist to ink a deal with DreamWorks Records Nashville. His signing instantly raises the stock of the new country label.

Date: September 30, 1997

1997 : U2 cause controversy during its show in Tel Aviv, Israel, with frontman Bono appealing for the release from imprisonment of nuclear secrets traitor Mordechai Vanunu.

Date: September 30, 1998

1998 : Blues guitar prodigy Jonny Lang, rock guitarist Slash, punk rocker Joey Ramone, and Cheap Trick-ster Rick Nielsen are among the musicians who guest-star on The Drew Carey Show. On the program, Carey's band is looking for a lead guitarist, and a string of axemen audition for the gig - including Ramone, even though he didn't play guitar in theRamones.

Date: September 30, 1999

1999, Chris de Burgh's web site was closed down after countless obscene messages were posted on the guestbook. One message consisted entirely of two four-letter words repeated 3500 times.

Date: September 30, 2002

2002, Popstars band Hear'say announced they had split up. The winners of the Popstars TV talent show who scored two UK No.1 singles had lasted less than two years.

Date: September 30, 2002

2002 : Pat Boone guests on the WB's Seventh Heaven TV show.

Date: September 30, 2003

2003, An auction of the contents of Sir Elton John's London home raised more than £1.4 million. An oil painting, entitled Madison Square Park, sold for £67,200, and a 19th Century portrait of Lieutenant George Dyer, painted by James Northcote in 1817, fetched £55,200. Sir Elton sold off the items so he could redecorate his home in a more modern style.

Date: September 30, 2004

2004, Mick Jagger held a press conference with Dave Stewart at Essex House in New York City, USA, to promote the soundtrack to the movie Alfie. The re-make of the 1966 film also featured Joss Stone, Sheryl Crow and Nadirah Nadz Seid. The track 'Old Habits Die Hard' from the soundtack by Mick Jagger and David A. Stewart won the BFCA Award, Golden Globe, Sierra Award and the World Soundtrack Award.

Date: September 30, 2006

2006 : Shine On, Jet's sophomore album, is released to mixed reviews. Most notably the indie music website Pitchfork's review is nothing but a video of a chimpanzee urinating into its own mouth. The title track and third single from the record, "Shine On," is a tribute to Nic and Chris Chester's dad, who died from cancer in 2004.

Date: September 30, 2006

2006, Justin Timberlake started a two week run at No.1 on the US album chart with his second solo album 'FutureSex/LoveSounds' which also became the biggest album ever for pre-orders on iTunes.

Date: September 30, 2006

2006 : Farm Aid co-founders Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young are joined by Dave Matthews (The Dave Matthews Band), Steel Pulse, Gov't Mule, Jerry Lee Lewis,Steve Earle and Allison Moorer for the organization's 21st anniversary concert at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey.

Date: September 30, 2006

2006 - Justin Timberlake started a two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with his second solo album, FutureSex/LoveSounds. It also became the biggest album ever for pre-orders on iTunes.

Date: September 30, 2007

2007, Foo Fighters went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Echoes Silence Patience & Grace' the bands sixth studio album and second UK No.1. Reba McEntire was at No.1 on the US album chart with Reba: Duets.

Date: September 30, 2007

2007, Country music singer Keith Urban crashed his motorcycle on the way to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. The 39-year-old, who was not injured, said he was being followed by a photographer when the accident happened near his home in Sydney, Australia.

Date: September 30, 2008

2008 : Disney releases Nightmare Revisited, a cover album of songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas. The new album commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of the film's original 1993 release and features new arrangements by KoRn, Amy Lee of Evanescence, and Marilyn Manson.

Date: September 30, 2008

2008 : Hot on the heels of the mega-successful The Evolution of Robin Thicke,Robin Thicke’s third solo album, Something Else, debuts at #3 on the Billboard 200. The album moves 140,000 copies in the first week.

Date: September 30, 2010

2010 : After 10 years, the first ever John Lennon museum closes. Located outside of Tokyo, it shuts down because Yoko wants Lennon's spirit to remain in motion, saying, "If the Museum which houses his spirit never moved, it would be a grave, not a Museum."

Date: September 30, 2011

2011, American guitarist and songwriter Marv Tarplin died aged 70. He was best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s who co-wrote several of their biggest hits, including the 1965 Grammy Hall Of Fame inducted 'The Tracks of My Tears'. Tarplin also worked with Marvin Gaye, The Marvelettes and The Supremes.

Date: September 30, 2011

2011 : Pearl Jam wrap up a week long tribute to Pink Floyd on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with a performance of "Mother."