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Bernie Dwyer Freddie and the Dreamers · drums b. 1940 D. 2002

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1955 Chuck Berry’s first hit, “Maybellene,” reached its peak at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 100.
1964 Rod Stewart recorded his first solo track, a version of the blues standard “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl,” for Decca Records.
1965 The Byrds began recording “Turn! Turn! Turn!” with the group members playing their own instruments. The single later topped the Billboard Hot 100.
1966 The Beatles’ Revolver reached No. 1 in both the United States and Britain despite the controversy surrounding John Lennon’s “more popular than Jesus” remark.
1970 B.B. King’s performance at Chicago’s Cook County Jail was recorded for Live in Cook County Jail, his only album to reach No. 1 on the R&B chart.
1972 The Doors played their final concert as a trio at the Hollywood Bowl after Jim Morrison’s death, closing with “The Mosquito” from Full Circle.
1973 The Rolling Stones’ “Star Star” was banned from BBC airplay because of the profanity in its chorus.
1988 Guns N’ Roses had the No. 1 single in America with “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”

1952 At Atlantic Records in New York, Ahmet Ertegun began recording 21-year-old Ray Charles, who cut four songs including “The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again.”
1956 Police broke up a rowdy crowd after a showing of Rock Around the Clock at a London cinema, and the film was soon banned in several English cities.
1962 The Beatles recorded “P.S. I Love You” at Abbey Road. Producer George Martin also hired Andy White to re-record “Love Me Do,” while Ringo Starr played tambourine on that version.
1965 Help! rose to No. 1 on Billboard’s album chart and stayed there for nine weeks.
1967 The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” was certified a million-seller, and the group began filming Magical Mystery Tour on the same day.
1970 Jimi Hendrix gave his final interview at London’s Cumberland Hotel, discussing the exhaustion affecting both himself and bassist Billy Cox.
1982 John Cougar Mellencamp became the first male artist to have two singles in the Billboard Top Ten while also holding the No. 1 album: “Jack and Diane,” “Hurts So Good,” and American Fool.
1987 Peter Tosh, guitarist in the original Wailing Wailers, was murdered at his Jamaican home at 43.
2015 Gary Richrath, former songwriter and lead guitarist for REO Speedwagon, died at 65 from surgical complications.

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.