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31 EVENTS 1958–2019

1958 Bill Haley and His Comets played West Berlin’s first rock-and-roll concert for 7,000 people at the Sportpalast. A riot injured five officers and six audience members,… 1960 Elvis Presley rented the Memphis Fairgrounds amusement park after closing for a private night with Anita Wood, relatives, and friends, including rides on the Zippin Pippin…

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1962 Paul Petersen sang “My Dad” as Jeff Stone on The Donna Reed Show. The song reached No. 6 the following January, but none of Petersen’s nine later singles through 1968 returned him to the Top 40.
1963 Peter, Paul and Mary held Billboard’s two leading album positions with In the Wind and their self-titled debut. They later placed nine more albums in the Top 25, while their only No. 1 single was 1969’s John Denver composition “Leaving on a Jet Plane.”
1964 The Rolling Stones’ first Ed Sullivan Show appearance triggered such sustained screaming that Sullivan repeatedly demanded quiet before introducing violinist Itzhak Perlman. After the Stones closed with “Time Is on My Side,” he vowed never to invite them back, then relented because of the ratings and booked five more appearances.
1964 While touring, the Beatles accepted four Ivor Novello certificates and statuettes, including a Special Award for Outstanding Services to British Music. “She Loves You” won major honors and “All My Loving” earned a runner-up certificate.
1969 The Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar” began eight weeks at No. 1 in Britain after already topping the Hot 100 and earning an American Gold record. The defining bubblegum-pop hit ultimately sold more than six million copies worldwide.
1973 Rick Nelson guest-starred in The Streets of San Francisco episode “Harem” as a flute-playing drifter who manipulated runaway girls with false promises of protection while secretly operating as a ruthless killer.
1974 Anita, Bonnie, and Ruth Pointer became the first group of Black women to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. Their country-flavored “Fairytale” reached No. 13 pop and No. 37 country, then won a Grammy—the first country-category Grammy for Black women.
1975 Art Garfunkel earned his first solo UK No. 1 with the 1934 standard “I Only Have Eyes for You,” which reached No. 18 in America.
1975 Paul Simon released Still Crazy After All These Years. The No. 1 U.S. and No. 6 UK album won Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and produced four Top 40 singles, led by No. 1 “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.”
1977 Ronnie Van Zant was buried at Jacksonville Memory Garden five days after the plane crash that also killed two Lynyrd Skynyrd bandmates, their assistant road manager, and the flight crew. Injured keyboardist Billy Powell was the only band member able to attend.
1977 Elton John began taping The Muppet Show, performing “Crocodile Rock,” “Bennie and the Jets,” “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” and “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.”
1980 Barbra Streisand’s “Woman in Love,” written by Barry and Robin Gibb, began three weeks at No. 1 in America. It was her fifth chart-topper and came from the multi-Platinum Guilty album.

1958 Bill Haley and His Comets played West Berlin’s first rock-and-roll concert for 7,000 people at the Sportpalast. A riot injured five officers and six audience members, caused about 50,000 Deutsche Marks in damage, and prompted a temporary citywide rock ban.
1960 Elvis Presley rented the Memphis Fairgrounds amusement park after closing for a private night with Anita Wood, relatives, and friends, including rides on the Zippin Pippin roller coaster and vintage race cars.
1961 Bob Dylan signed with Columbia Records through talent scout John Hammond. He later placed twelve songs in America’s Top 40 from 1965 to 1979 and thirty-eight albums on Billboard charts between 1962 and 2020.
1965 The Beatles received MBEs from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, provoking traditionalists and veterans to return their medals. John Lennon defended the honor by contrasting entertainment with wartime service and afterward said the Queen was nicer than she looked in photographs.
1969 Waylon Jennings, 32, married 26-year-old Jessi Colter, his fourth wife; they remained together until his 2002 death. Beyond his Buddy Holly and country careers, Jennings reached No. 21 pop with “Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard,” while Colter reached No. 4 with “I’m Not Lisa.”
1970 Elton John released “Your Song,” his first international Top 10 single, reaching that level in Britain, the Netherlands, Canada, and the United States.
1971 Three days after performing “Tired of Being Alone” on American Bandstand, Al Green received a Gold record for the single, which reached No. 11 pop and No. 7 on the Soul chart.
1974 Dionne Warwick and the Spinners each earned a first Hot 100 No. 1 when their collaboration “Then Came You” topped the chart.
1974 Bad Company’s “Can’t Get Enough” led Cashbox’s best-sellers list, becoming the group’s biggest North American hit before eight more U.S. Top 40 entries.
1974 Barry White’s Can’t Get Enough spent a week atop Billboard’s album chart, fueled by No. 1 “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” and No. 2 “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything.”
1980 Jefferson Starship leader Paul Kantner suffered a cerebral hemorrhage during a session. After two weeks in hospital he made a remarkable recovery without brain surgery and returned to recording the following spring.
1984 Wham!’s “Freedom” was No. 1 in Britain, the duo’s second UK chart-topper that year after “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”; it later reached No. 3 in America.

1956 Argo released Clarence “Frogman” Henry’s “Ain’t Got No Home.” It reached No. 20 in early 1957, and his frog-like vocal on the record supplied the nickname used on later releases.
1956 Elvis Presley earned a third consecutive Cashbox No. 1 as “Love Me Tender” replaced “Don’t Be Cruel,” which had succeeded “Hound Dog” after Presley began his run atop the chart in August.
1957 Elvis mocked Oakland’s hip-swiveling restrictions by standing still and moving only his pinky. Los Angeles vice officers filmed him two nights later, but no charges followed; the moral panic was later described as Colonel Parker publicity designed to sell out the second show.
1957 Brunswick released Buddy Holly and the Crickets’ “Oh, Boy!,” featuring backing vocals by the Picks. It reached No. 10 in America and No. 3 in Britain.
1960 Tina Turner gave birth in Los Angeles to her second child, Ronald Renelle Turner, while on tour; Ike Turner was not present.
1960 In his first Atlantic solo session after leaving the Drifters, Ben E. King recorded “Spanish Harlem” and “Stand by Me.” They reached No. 10 and No. 4 in America respectively, with “Stand by Me” later topping the UK chart.
1962 Mick Jagger, Keith Richard, Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, and drummer Tony Chapman recorded the Rolling Stones’ first demo at Curly Clayton Studios in London. Charlie Watts was being courted but remained at his advertising job.
1964 The Supremes released “Come See About Me,” the third of five consecutive U.S. No. 1 singles; it reached No. 27 in Britain.
1964 Sonny Bono, 31, and Cherilyn Sarkisian, 18, held an unofficial ceremony in a Tijuana hotel. They married legally in 1969 after Chastity’s birth, having first performed as Caesar and Cleo before becoming Sonny and Cher.
1973 Gladys Knight and the Pips earned their only U.S. No. 1 with “Midnight Train to Georgia.” It became Knight’s signature song and won the 1974 Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.
1975 Bruce Springsteen appeared simultaneously on Time and Newsweek covers, a publicity achievement arranged by manager Mike Appel amid acclaim for Born to Run.
1977 Crystal Gayle recorded “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” at Jack’s Tracks in Nashville. It reached No. 2 pop, No. 1 country, and became a worldwide hit; writer Richard Leigh’s later dog-and-cataract story blurred whether a pet truly inspired the title.