Today's Events in Music History

1943 Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time

1976 RCA releases "Station to Station", David Bowie's 10th studio album, recorded in Los Angeles; it peaks in the U.S. charts at No.3, and No. 5 in the U.K.

1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 performances

1986 Inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Chuck Berry; James Brown; Ray Charles; Sam Cooke; Fats Domino; The Everly Brothers; Buddy Holly;. Jerry Lee Lewis; Elvis Presley; Little Richard; Robert Johnson; Jimmie Rodgers; Jimmy Yancey; Alan Freed; John Hammond; and Sam Phillips

2018 Singer Neil Diamond retires from touring abruptly, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease