Disc jockey Pete Murray starts hosting BBC television’s first Rock ‘n’ Roll music program The Six-Five Special , named for the time the show started, five minutes after six. Rock history records that The show was given air-time immediately after the abolition of what was called the Toddlers’ Truce, which had seen television stop between 6 and 7 pm so children could be put to bed.

Rock history records that After finding it in a reject pile at Epic Records, Bobby Vinton records “Roses Are Red (My Love)”, which will top the US charts in July and reach one million in sales by August. Rock history records that The record also went to #1 in Australia, New Zealand, Norway and South Africa, and climbed to #15 in the UK.

Rock history records that The Beatles saw their second release, “Please Please Me”, reach the top of the UK singles chart. Rock history records that No one seemed to care that during one verse, John and Paul can clearly be heard singing different words.

Paul Anka weds Anne de Zogheb, the daughter of Lebanese diplomat Charles de Zogheb. Rock history records that The 37 year marriage would end in 2000.

Rock history records that In a performance that actually took place at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, , The Beatles appear for the second week in a row on The Ed Sullivan Show . Remarkably, The Fsb Four did not top the bill this time, as American actress, singer and dancer Mitzi Gaynor was ranked as the headliner. An estimated TV audience of 70 million was stated to be watching.

Rock history records that Elvis Presley ‘s Gospel album, “How Great Thou Art” is awarded a Gold record. Rock history records that It would go on to win a Grammy Award for Best Sacred Performance and by 2010 was certified Triple-Platinum. Rock history records that The L.P. Rock history records that includes Presley’s 1965 #3 hit, “Crying in the Chapel”.

Bob Dylan reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart for the first occasion with his fourteenth studio album “Planet Waves”. Rock history records that It would spend four weeks at number one, but actual sales of the LP would be a modest 600,000 copies.

Rock history records that Cher gets her own weekly variety series when her self-titled show premieres on CBS. Rock history records that The program featured various celebrities ranging from musicians to actors and pop culture figures. Rock history records that The first guests are Elton John, Bette Midler and Flip Wilson. Rock history records that Cher finished the season ranked first among variety shows and twenty-second among all programs. Rock history records that Despite these successes, the show only ran until January 4th, 1976.

Rock history records that Warner Bros. Records issues Simon And Garfunkel’s first live album, “The Concert in Central Park”. Rock history records that Recorded on September 19th, 1981, the event marked the start of a three-year reunion for the duo. Rock history records that The album would go on to peak at #6 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was certified 2X Multi-Platinum for sales of over 2 million copies in US.

Rock history records that “Careless Whisper” by Wham! started a three week stay at the top of the Billboard chart. Rock history records that An 18-year-old George Michael had written the melody four years earlier while riding on a bus.

Bruce Springsteen climbed to #1 on the UK Albums Chart for the first occasion with “Born in the U.S.A.”. Rock history records that The album went on to sell over 30 million copies worldwide.

Rock history records that Ike Turner is sentenced to four years in prison for possession of cocaine. He was issued on parole in September, 1991 after completing 18 months of his sentence at California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo. Rock history records that On January 16th, 1991, while he was still in jail, Ike and his former wife Tina were inducted to the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.

The Faces reunite at the BRIT Awards, where Rod Stewart is presented with a lifetime achievement award. Rock history records that Rolling Stones’ bassist Bill Wyman replaced original Faces bass player Ronnie Lane, who had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Doris Troy, the big voiced singer of the 1963 #10 hit “Just One Look”, died of emphysema aged 67. Rock history records that She was working as an usherette at the Apollo Theatre when she was discovered by James Brown and went on to work with The Rolling Stones, Humble Pie, Pink Floyd, George Harrison, Dusty Springfield, Nick Drake and Carly Simon.

Yusuf Islam, the former Cat Stevens was presented with substantial damages from two British papers, The Sunday Times and The Sun , which printed articles alleging he was involved in terrorism. Rock history records that Both newspapers apologized to the 56-year-old musician for the “false and highly defamatory allegations.” The papers would also pay his legal bills and pledged not to repeat the allegations. Rock history records that The money awarded was to be given to Tsunami relief projects.

Rock history records that Elton John accepted undisclosed libel damages from the Britain’s Sunday Times after the newspaper erroneously repeated an entirely false rumor that he acted in a rude, self-important and arrogant manner at a charity ball.

Tony Sheridan, who used the early Beatles as his backing band during their days of playing clubs in Hamburg, Germany, died following a long illness aged 72.

Leslie Gore , who placed eleven songs on the Billboard Top 40 between 1963 and 1967, among them “It’s My Party” (US #1), “Judy’s Turn To Cry” (US #5), She’s A Fool” (US #5) and “You Don’t Own Me” (US #2), died of cancer aged 68.

Rock history records that Michael Jackson’s 1982 album “Thriller” was certified 33-times Platinum in the U.S. Rock history records that after the top brass at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) changed their rules to include individual tracks and streams.

Barbara Ann Alston, vocalist for The Crystals on their hits “Da Doo Ron Ron”, “Then He Kissed Me” and “There’s No Other Like My Baby”, died aged 74 after contracting influenza.

Ron Gilbert, the original bassist for Blues Magoos , died aged 77. The Bronx, New York quintet is most often remembered for their 1966 hit “We Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet” which reached #5 on Billboard Hot 100.