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1956 Fats Domino’s version of “Blueberry Hill” entered the Billboard Top 100 and eventually reached No. 2.
1964 Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the last of his string of nine Top Ten singles.
1968 Dusty Springfield began recording the backing tracks for Dusty in Memphis at American Sound Studios. The album later included “Son of a Preacher Man.”
1969 The Beatles released Abbey Road in Britain. It debuted at No. 1, stayed there for eleven weeks, and eventually sold more than 31 million copies worldwide.
1974 John Lennon released Walls and Bridges, his fifth studio album. It topped the Billboard chart and produced his first solo No. 1 single, “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night.”
1987 The Grateful Dead’s “Touch of Grey” peaked at No. 9, becoming the band’s only Billboard Top 40 single.
2003 Robert Palmer died of a heart attack at 54. He succeeded both as a solo artist and as a member of the supergroup Power Station.
2007 A mistrial was declared in the first murder trial of producer Phil Spector. He was convicted at a second trial in 2009.
2021 Commander Cody, whose band had a No. 9 hit with “Hot Rod Lincoln,” died at 77, while Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster also died after a battle with multiple sclerosis.

1969 Carlos Santana’s debut album entered the Billboard chart and eventually reached No. 4, helped by the No. 9 single “Evil Ways.”
1976 Ringo Starr released Ringo’s Rotogravure in America, the last album to feature active involvement from all four former Beatles.
1979 Jimmy McCulloch, the Scottish guitarist who played with Thunderclap Newman and Paul McCartney & Wings, died at 26 from accidental morphine and alcohol poisoning.
1986 Cliff Burton, Metallica’s 24-year-old bassist, was killed when the band’s tour bus overturned in rural Sweden. He was later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica.
2004 Producer Phil Spector was formally charged with the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. He was convicted in 2009 and died in custody in 2021.
2010 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its nominees for the Class of 2011, including Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Bon Jovi, and The J. Geils Band.
2016 Bruce Springsteen released his autobiography Born to Run in print and digital editions.
2018 Jefferson Airplane co-founder Marty Balin died at 76. He later sang on Jefferson Starship hits including “Miracles” and “Runaway.”

1963 Jim Morrison was arrested at a Florida State University football game after a drunken disturbance, resisting arrest, and petty theft.
1968 The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” reached No. 1 in the United States and stayed there for nine weeks, selling more than eight million copies.
1968 Janis Joplin announced she would leave Big Brother and the Holding Company at the end of the year and form the Kozmic Blues Band.
1970 Eric Burdon and War received a Gold record for “Spill the Wine,” which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
1974 Bad Company’s self-titled debut reached No. 1 on the Billboard album chart and eventually earned five-times-Platinum certification.
1974 John Lennon appeared as a guest DJ on New York’s WNEW-FM, playing records by Ray Charles, Bobby Parker, and ELO.
1976 Stevie Wonder released Songs in the Key of Life, which debuted at No. 1, stayed there for thirteen weeks, and later went Diamond.
2009 Lucy Vodden, the childhood friend who inspired “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” died at 46 after a battle with lupus.
2024 Kris Kristofferson died at 88. The singer-songwriter wrote “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” and many other standards.