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1956 Screamin’ Jay Hawkins re-recorded “I Put a Spell on You” for Columbia’s Okeh label. The outrageous performance later sold more than a million copies and became one of the songs recognized as shaping rock and roll.
1964 Manfred Mann’s “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” entered the Billboard Top 40 and later reached No. 1.
1966 The Monkees television series premiered on NBC, built around the madcap style of The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night.
1969 The Rolling Stones released Through the Past, Darkly. It reached No. 2 in both the United States and Britain and later went Platinum in America.
1975 Pink Floyd issued Wish You Were Here, much of it a tribute to former member Syd Barrett. The album topped the charts in Britain and America.
1975 Thin Lizzy released Fighting, their first album to chart in Britain.
1980 David Bowie released Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), which reached No. 1 in Britain and No. 12 in America.
1987 Michael Jackson’s Bad debuted at No. 1 in Britain as he began his first solo world tour in Yokohama, Japan.
2003 Johnny Cash died at 71. The Man in Black was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and recorded landmark live albums at Folsom and San Quentin prisons.
2007 Surviving Led Zeppelin members announced a one-night reunion at London’s O2 Arena to honor Ahmet Ertegun; more than 20 million people sought tickets.

1958 Cliff Richard made his British television debut on Oh Boy!, performing “Move It,” which later reached No. 2 in Britain.
1962 Ringo Starr’s first wife, Maureen, gave birth to their son Zak Starkey, who later became a drummer with The Who and Ringo’s All-Starr Band.
1965 The Beatles’ “Yesterday” was released as a U.S. single. It later topped the Billboard Hot 100, sold a million copies in five weeks, and became one of the most recorded songs in history.
1969 John Lennon assembled a band with Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, and Alan White for the Toronto Rock ’n’ Roll Revival. The performance produced the Gold album Live Peace in Toronto 1969.
1976 Peter Frampton’s Frampton album was certified Gold. It contained “Show Me the Way” and “Baby, I Love Your Way,” his commercial breakthrough songs.
1976 Lynyrd Skynyrd released One More from the Road, their first live album, which became a multi-Platinum success.
1985 “We Are the World” won Best Group Video and the Viewer’s Choice at the MTV Video Music Awards, while Don Henley, Bruce Springsteen, and Tina Turner also took major honors.
2005 Paul McCartney released Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, which reached No. 6 in America and No. 10 in Britain and earned a Grammy nomination.
2019 Eddie Money died at 70 after a battle with esophageal cancer. He had eleven Billboard Top 40 hits, including “Take Me Home Tonight” and “Walk on Water.”

1955 Little Richard and producer Bumps Blackwell shaped “Tutti Frutti” during a last-minute New Orleans session. The song became Richard’s breakthrough, reaching No. 17 on the pop chart and No. 2 on the R&B chart.
1963 The Beach Boys’ “Surfer Girl” peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later earned Gold status.
1963 The Beatles’ “She Loves You” reached No. 1 in Britain, where it remained on the chart for 31 weeks. It also topped the U.S. chart in 1964.
1968 Big Brother and the Holding Company’s Cheap Thrills entered the Billboard album chart and later spent eight weeks at No. 1.
1974 Eric Clapton’s recording of Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, revitalizing his career.
1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, and The Band performed for 80,000 people at London’s Wembley Stadium during the 1974 reunion tour.
1984 The first MTV Video Music Awards were held at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, with Michael Jackson winning three awards including one for “Thriller.”
1993 Meat Loaf released Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell. The album topped charts in ten countries, while “I’d Do Anything for Love” reached No. 1 in America and Britain.
1995 Paul McCartney’s handwritten lyrics for “Getting Better” sold for $249,000, then a record price for Beatles lyrics.