Categories SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY This Day In Music History: The Velvet Underground And Aretha Franklin Made Their Live Debuts Post author By MAGNET Staff Post date December 11, 2020 55 years ago, the Velvet Underground played its first show, at Summit High School in New Jersey. Five years earlier, Aretha Franklin made her live debut, at the Village Vanguard in New York City. ← Essential New Music: Rempis / Parker / Flaten / Cunningham’s “Stringers And Struts” → John Lennon Released Debut Solo LP “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band” And Yoko Ono Released Debut Solo LP “Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band” 50 Years Ago Today