Chuck Berry’s first hit, “Maybellene,” reached its peak at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 100.

Rod Stewart recorded his first solo track, a version of the blues standard “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl,” for Decca Records.

The Byrds began recording “Turn! Turn! Turn!” with the group members playing their own instruments. The single later topped the Billboard Hot 100.

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.

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.

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.

The Rolling Stones’ “Star Star” was banned from BBC airplay because of the profanity in its chorus.

Guns N’ Roses had the No. 1 single in America with “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”