Following several teenager killings in New York, WCBS banned every version of “Mack the Knife.” Bobby Darin’s recording later won Grammys for Record of the Year and Best New Artist and entered the National Recording Registry in 2016.

John, Paul, George, and Ringo held their first formal EMI session together. They rehearsed six songs but recorded only “Love Me Do” and a version of “How Do You Do It?” that remained unreleased until “Anthology 1” in 1995.

The Animals played their first U.S. concert at New York’s Paramount Theatre just as “House of the Rising Sun” was reaching No. 1 in America.

The Doors released “People Are Strange,” from “Strange Days”; it reached No. 12 on the Hot 100 and No. 10 on Cash Box.

Radio stations in Chicago and other cities banned The Rolling Stones’ “Street Fighting Man” after violence at the Democratic National Convention, fearing its lyrics could inflame further unrest. Mick Jagger joked that censorship had previously helped one of the band’s records sell a million copies.

The Rolling Stones released the live album “Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!” It reached No. 6 in America, went Platinum there, and became the first live album to top Britain’s official chart.

Paul McCartney earned his first solo U.S. No. 1 with “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey,” inspired partly by his real uncle and American admiral William “Bull” Halsey.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on Jerry Lewis’s Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, performing “Imagine,” Yoko’s “Now or Never,” and a reggae version of “Give Peace a Chance” with Lewis on trumpet.

Blue Öyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” entered the Top 40 and later peaked at No. 12. Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled album, its first with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, reached No. 1 after nearly 14 months and eventually went nine-times Platinum.

A reconfigured Yes lineup began a record-setting three-night sold-out run at Madison Square Garden, promoting “Drama.”

Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” moved from a six-week U.S. No. 1 run to the top of the British chart, where it stayed four weeks. The Steve Miller Band’s “Abracadabra” also reached No. 1 in America.

BMG/RCA announced the discovery of Elvis Presley’s previously unheard “I’m a Roustabout,” an unused song written for the 1964 film “Roustabout” and later added to “Elvis, 2nd to None.”

Jimi Hendrix’s 1965 Fender Stratocaster—the guitar he famously set alight at London’s Astoria in 1967—sold at auction for £280,000.

Gary Wright, known for “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” died at 80 from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. He had helped form Spooky Tooth and played keyboards on George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” and Ringo Starr recordings.