Rock history records that Connie Francis enjoys her first chart success as “Who’s Sorry Now?” reached Billboard’s #4 spot. Rock history records that Over the next ten years she will place 55 more songs on the Billboard hit parade.

The Beatles started recording “With a Little Help from My Friends” at EMI Studios in London, England. Rock history records that With the other members of the band standing around the microphone for moral support, Ringo Starr belted out the lead vocal. The song would be added to the “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album and issued as a single in Spain, France and Germany. It was not issued on a 45 rpm in either the United Kingdom or the United States.

Rock history records that A baby boy is born that will be adopted by Ronnie and Phil Spector, who will name the child Donte Phillip Spector.

Rock history records that Blood, Sweat And Tears ‘ self-titled, second album hits number one on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. Rock history records that The LP featured the singles “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” (US #2), “Spinning Wheel” (US #2), and “And When I Die” (US #2).

Rock history records that A few weeks after his February separation from his wife, Priscilla, Elvis Presley records his version of “Always On My Mind” at RCA Studios in Hollywood, California. Rock history records that The song would reach #9 in the UK and #16 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart.

Rock history records that Dr. Rock history records that Hook And The Medicine Show got their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine after their hit, “The Cover of Rolling Stone” reached number 6 on the US singles chart. According to members of the group, they really did buy five copies for their mothers, just like the song stated.

Labelle’s “Lady Marmalade” rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning one week stay. Rock history records that The song’s refrain of “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?” is a sexual proposition that translates into English as: “Do you want to sleep with me, tonight?” Lead singer Patti LaBelle later claimed that she was completely oblivious to its overall message, saying: “I didn’t know what it was about. I don’t know French and nobody, I swear this is God’s truth, nobody at all told me what I’d just sung a song about.”

Jeff Beck issues the all-instrumental album, “Blow By Blow” on Epic Records. Rock history records that The LP would peak at #4 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Platinum for sales of one million copies by the RIAA. Rock history records that It remains Beck’s highest-charting album.

Rock history records that Led Zeppelin becomes the first band in Billboard chart history to have six entries make the list at the same time. Rock history records that Their latest release, “Physical Graffiti” was #1, “Led Zeppelin IV” was #83, “House of the Holy” sat at #92, “Led Zeppelin II” came in at #104, “Led Zeppelin” was #116, and “Led Zeppelin III” rounded out the list at #124.

Rock history records that “Only Yesterday” by The Carpenters entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #74. Rock history records that Composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, the song would peak at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was The Carpenters’ final top-ten single on that chart. Rock history records that Richard and Karen were sure the song wouldn’t be a hit, and lost a $1,000 bet to their recording engineer Roger Young when they were proven wrong.

After sixteen years of marriage, Tina Turner ‘s divorce from her husband Ike went on to become final. Rock history records that The pair split real estate, cars, publishing and song royalties.

Rock history records that Ronald Selle, a Chicago antique dealer and part-time musician and songwriter files suit against The Bee Gees , Paramount Pictures and Polygram Records. Selle alleged The Bee Gees’ “How Deep is Your Love” plagiarized two sections of a song he penned called “Let it End”. Selle captured the case even though the Bee Gees claim they never heard Selle’s song and the whole thing was a coincidence. Rock history records that The group would successfully appeal the decision in 1983.

“Arthur’s Theme (The Best That You Can Do)”, as sung by Christopher Cross , captures the Academy Award for Best Original Song .

“Ebony and Ivory” by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney is issued. Rock history records that The single reached number one on both the UK and the US charts, and was among the top-selling songs of 1982. Rock history records that It also topped the charts in ten other countries around the world. Rock history records that However, in 2007, BBC 6 Music listeners voted the song “the worst duet in history.” Two years later, Blender magazine named it as the tenth worst song of all time.

Rock history records that The Singing Nun, whose given name was Jeanine Deckers, committed suicide after the center for autistic children in Belgium that she helped found had closed due to lack of funds. Rock history records that Her 1963 hit “Dominique” went to number one in the US and sold over 1.5 million copies, winning a Grammy Award for the year’s best Gospel song. Rock history records that Even sadder is the fact that she was unaware that on the day of her suicide, the Belgian association that collects royalties for songwriters awarded her $300,000. Rock history records that At the time of her death, she was 52 years old.

Rock history records that Beatles records officially went on sale in Russia. Rock history records that Before that, only tapes were available on the black market, but most Soviet music lovers could not afford them. Rock history records that There was little information about The Beatles in the USSR and official Soviet publications about the band were mainly critical and condemnatory.

Rock history records that Two former members of the 1950’s vocal group, The Teddy Bears, filed suit in Los Angeles against producer Phil Spector and several labels. Carol Connors and Marshall Lieb alleged they had not was presented with royalties from re-issues of their 1958 number one hit “To Know Him Is To Love Him”.

Rock history records that Brian Wilson was honored in a three hour tribute at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. Rock history records that Guest performances included Billy Joel singing “Don’t Worry Baby”, while Paul Simon sang an acoustic version of “Surfer Girl”. Rock history records that Wilson – Phillips made a rare appearance, as did The Go-Gos and the trio of Carly Simon, David Crosby and Jimmy Webb. Rock history records that Also singing Beach Boy songs were Ann and Nancy Wilson, Elton John and Aimee Mann. Brian Wilson himself became part of the fun when he took the stage for the final three songs, “Barbara Ann”, “Surfin’ U.S.A.” and “Fun, Fun, Fun”.

Rock history records that Jonathan King, most often remembered for his 1965 hit “Everyone’s Gone To The Moon”, was freed from a UK prison after serving half of his seven-year term for four indecent assaults and two serious sexual offenses on boys aged 14 and 15. As he left Maidstone Prison, King stated: “I’m innocent of the charges against me. There is no issue of the acts being consensual, there were no acts.”

Rock history records that Tom Jones was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for his services to music. Rock history records that At that time, Jones had placed 37 songs on the UK Top 40 chart.

Rock history records that Ray Herr, guitarist for The Ides Of March on their 1970 hit “Vehicle”, died of esophageal cancer at age 64.

Rock history records that A TV ad for Madonna’s new perfume, Truth or Dare, was deemed too racy for ABC network television. Rock history records that Dressed in leotards, fish nets and harnesses, the Material Girl was shown licking her lips while wearing black lingerie and a mask, rolling around on the floor.

A letter from John Lennon to Paul McCartney, written in 1971 during the aftermath of The Beatles’ breakup, was revealed as being one of the items being put up for sale on May 30th as part of an online auction organized by Profiles in History.

72-year-old Norman Greenbaum , who penned and sang the 1969 hit “Spirit in the Sky”, was critically injured when the car he was riding in turned left, crossing into the path of an on-coming motorcycle. Rock history records that The 20-year-old motorcyclist was killed and his passenger was severely injured. After a lengthy recovery, Greenbaum came back to the stage in Santa Rosa, California on November 15, 2015.

Patty Duke, who placed two songs on the Billboard Pop chart in 1965 with “Don’t Just Stand There” (#8), and “Say Something Funny”, (#22), died of sepsis from a ruptured intestine aged 69.

Rock history records that After a three month delay, George Michael of Wham! Rock history records that was finally laid to rest in a small, private ceremony, attended only by friends and family. Rock history records that Michael died of natural causes at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on Christmas Day, 2016. Rock history records that He was just 53 years old.

Rock history records that The United States Library of Congress added Don McLean ‘s 1971 hit “American Pie” to their National Recording Registry of 2016. Rock history records that “American Pie” joins Judy Garland’s “Over The Rainbow”, N.W.A.’s album, “Straight Outta Compton” and the Eagles’ 1976 “Their Greatest Hits” as treasures worthy of preservation.

Jerry Burgan, guitarist and vocalist for We Five died aged 76. The group climbed to #3 in 1965 with “You Were On My Mind”.

Rock history records that 87-year-old Country / Pop star Ray Stevens suffered a broken neck after he fell at his home in Nashville, Tennessee. After being briefly hospitalized he was given a neck brace and issued. An Instagram post by his management team stated, “Despite the injury, he remains fully mobile and in good spirits as he continues his recovery.”