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Ike Turner

Ike Turner guitar, keyboards, vocals b. 1931 D. 2007

Art Garfunkel

Art Garfunkel percussion, vocals b. 1941 85 YRS

Gram Parsons

Gram Parsons The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers · guitar, keyboards, vocals b. 1946 D. 1973

Peter Noone

Peter Noone Herman's Hermits · vocals, guitar b. 1947 79 YRS

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1957 Jackie Wilson debuted on Billboard with “Reet Petite,” entering at No. 93 before falling off the following week; he later placed 24 Hot 100 songs, including six Top Ten hits. Danny and the Juniors’ “At the Hop” rose from 7,000 local Philadelphia sales to No. 1 in the US and R&B chart, and No. 3 in Britain.
1961 Bob Dylan’s first Carnegie Chapter Hall show drew about 50 people; he was paid $20. Cliff Richard’s “21 Today” topped the UK chart, becoming his first of seven No. 1 albums.
The Beatles played the Royal Command Performance for the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, where John Lennon made his famous jewelry remark before “Twist and Shout.” An auction at Elvis Presley’s Circle G Ranch drew 2,000 people and raised over $108,000. Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now” reached No. 1 in the US and No. 5 in Britain and later went Gold in both countries.
Lynyrd Skynyrd played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre; the recording was released in 2009. Rod Stewart released “Foot Loose & Fancy Free,” Van Morrison issued “Wavelength,” Linda Ronstadt’s “Simple Dreams” reached No. 1, and the Sex Pistols’ “Never Mind the Bollocks” went Gold in America. Elvis’s estate sued the National Enquirer over a cover claiming he had faked his death. Fred “Sonic” Smith and…
The Eagles’ “Hell Freezes Over” opened at No. 1 and went multi-Platinum. AC/DC’s “Ballbreaker” went Gold, and Mariah Carey’s “Butterfly” became her first album to debut at No. 1. Ken Hensley died in 2020. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2024 class included Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest.

1956 The Nat 'King' Cole Show debuted on NBC-TV, becoming the first US musical variety show hosted by an African-American. After failing to secure national sponsorship, Cole decided to end the show in December, 1957, saying, "Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark."
1960 35-year-old Johnny Horton, who had a US number one scored in 1959 with "Battle of New Orleans", passed away when his Cadillac was scored by a drunk truck driver in Milano, Texas. Ironically, Johnny had just played his last show at the Skyline in Austin, where Hank Williams had played his last show as well. Horton's widow, Billy Jean, was also Hanks Williams' widow.
1966 Eight weeks after their TV series debuted, The Monkees had the number one record in the US with "Last Train To Clarksville". With lead vocals by Mickey Dolenz, the music on the record was played by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart's band, Candy Store Prophets.
1967 The Bee Gees ' Robin Gibb miraculously survived the catastrophic Hither Green rail crash in London, England, an accident caused by a broken track that claimed the lives of 49 passengers. Riding in a first-class carriage with his girlfriend, Molly Hullis, Gibb escaped the derailment with minor injuries. After Gibb pulled Hullis out of the twisted wreckage, he stayed on-site to assist emergency…
1967 Kenny Rogers And The First Edition make their TV debut on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , performing their Psychedelic Pop scored "Just Dropped In". Over the next three years they would place seven songs on the Billboard Top 40 and have their own TV show in the Fall of 1971.
1968 On his 21st birthday, Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits marries Mireille Strasser at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in London. Because Strasser was Jewish, the Catholic Noone needed a special dispensation for the couple to be wed at the church. They would have one daughter, Natalie.
1969 Country artist Jerry Reed cut his classic Swamp-Rock song "Amos Moses" at RCA Victor Studios in Nashville. issued in October, 1970 as the final single from his "Georgia Sunshine" album, the track turned into a major crossover scored and climbed to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #16 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The record moved over one million copies and earned a Gold…
1970 During a rare stage appearance with The Beach Boys at Los Angeles's Whisky A Go Go, Brian Wilson loses his balance several times and has to be helped backstage by crew members. His left ear, the better of the two, sustains severe damage because of the volume level on-stage.
1970 Atlantic Records releases Led Zeppelin 's "Immigrant Song". It would climb to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and be ranked at #18 on Rolling Stone 's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time list in March, 2023. Although it made the Top Ten in eight other countries, the song was not issued as a 45 in the UK because the band maintained a strict anti-single policy in their home country.
1971 Announcer Al Dvorin utters the well known phrase: "Elvis has left the building" at the end of a Bloomington, Minneapolis concert. He was asked to make the announcement, which had been the custom at all Presley concerts since 1956, in an effort to quiet the fans who continued to call for an encore. Ironically, Dvorin was killed in an automobile accident following a concert by an Elvis…
1971 Elton John releases his fourth studio album, "Madman Across the Water". The LP features two scored singles, "Levon" (US #24) and "Tiny Dancer" (US #41) and would go on to be certified 2X Platinum by the RIAA in August, 1998. In his home country of England, the album proved to be one of his lowest charting efforts, clocking in at #41 on the UK album chart and spending…
1974 After radio station WKMI-AM in Kalamazoo, Michigan began playing it, Asylum Records releases the Eagles ' "Best Of My Love" as the third single from their "On The Border" LP. The song would rise to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Easy Listening chart for one week in March, 1975. Although the picture on the sleeve for the record showed Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon…

1953 Britain's BBC restricts the airing of Frankie Laine's "Answer Me" ("Answer Me Lord above") and Lee Lawrence's "Crying In The Chapel" after religious groups object to the lyrics. Laine's record would still rise to the top of the UK music chart a week later and stay there for eight weeks in total, while Lawrence's tune would reach #7.
1954 Elvis Presley made his only commercial when he sang a jingle for Southern Maid Doughnuts on the Louisiana Hayride radio program. Elvis sang "You can get 'em piping hot after four p.m., you can get 'em piping hot. Southern Maid Doughnuts scored the spot, you can get 'em piping hot after four p.m." His reward for making the ad was a box of fresh doughnuts.
1960 Elvis travels to L.A. to begin filming Wild In The Country , in which he portrays a troubled young man from a dysfunctional family who pursues a literary career. When issued in the summer of 1961, the movie under played at the box office, bringing in only $2.5 million dollars after against a production budget of nearly $3 million. It was the only Elvis movie to ever lose money.
1961 Jimmy Dean 's "Big, Bad John" becomes the 100th US number one single of the Rock and Roll era. It would prove to be his only chart topper, although he would have another Top Ten record with "P.T. 109" the next year. Jimmy said he wrote the song in an hour and a half while flying to Nashville for a recording session.
1964 During their first promotional visit to the UK, The Beach Boys appear live on TV's Ready Steady Go! , where they perform "I Get Around" and "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)".
1965 The Rolling Stones earned their second number-one single in the United States when "Get Off Of My Cloud" rose to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Written as a follow-up to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", the track staged the peak position for a two-week run after unseating The Beatles' "Yesterday".
1965 Fontella Bass performs her Billboard #4 scored, "Rescue Me" on the ABC-TV program Shindig! . Also appearing on the show are The Rolling Stones, Billy Joe Royal, The Strangeloves and Jackie Wilson.
1966 With "Good Vibrations" rising up the UK chart, The Beach Boys kick off the first of seven moved out shows at Finsbury Park Astoria in London, England. Over six hundred city buses were adorned with posters announcing their arrival.
1968 The Monkees ' $750,000 feature film, Head debuts in New York. Instead of being aimed at their target audience of teeny boppers, the flick contains a dark theme about the manipulation of the group, seemingly pointless walk-on appearances by inappropriate guests, and scenes of Vietnam War atrocities. Reviews are harsh and the picture is a box office disaster. Head 's total failure put an end to any…
1971 Cher scored her first solo US number one scored with "Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves", a song that climbed to #4 in the UK. It was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of one million copies across the United States. It had been four years since she last appeared on the Billboard singles chart with "You Better Sit Down, Kids".
1971 Isaac Hayes' soundtrack LP "Shaft" hits #1 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. Comprised of mostly instrumental tracks used in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film of the same name, the title song would top the Hot 100 two weeks later. In 2014 the album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically…
1972 After a show at Wembley Stadium in London, New York Dolls' drummer, 21-year-old Billy Murcia, is accidentally suffocated when his girlfriend tries to wake him by forcing him to drink coffee after he passed out from drugs and alcohol. The final gig of their tour, at the Manchester Hardrock, was canceled and the band flew back to New York.