Rock history records that Doris Day signed a five-year recording contract with Columbia Records worth a reported $1 million. Rock history records that By late June, “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)” entered the Billboard Top 100 and eventually climbed to #2 for a three week stay. Rock history records that She would have only one more chart hit with “Everybody Loves A Lover”, which would reach #6 in 1958.

Rock history records that Sam Cooke records his debut single, “You Send Me” at Radio Recorders Studio in Los Angeles. Rock history records that The song will rise to the top of the Billboard R&B chart and the Hot 100 next December and become the first of Cooke’s twenty-nine Billboard Top 40 hits. The record climbed to #29 in the UK. Rock history records that It went on to be named one of the 500 most important Rock And Roll recordings by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Rock history records that Private Elvis Presley completes basic Army training at Ft. Rock history records that Hood, Texas. Rock history records that To the press, he expressed his enjoyment of the tank’s obstacle course. Rock history records that To friends and family, he described his homesickness and insisted that he hated the training. Rock history records that Following a two week leave, Elvis would begin ten weeks of advanced tank instruction at the same location.

Rock history records that “The Battle Of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton hits the top of both the US Country and Pop charts, where it will stay for an amazing two months straight. Rock history records that The song was originally a poem written by high school teacher James Morriss in 1936, which he put to the music of an old fiddle tune known as “The Eighth Of January”. Horton’s version would go on to become one of the largest selling records of the year and later captured a Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Performance.

Rock history records that The first edition of Juke Box Jury airs on the BBC in Britain. The show’s host, David Jacobs, led a revolving panel of guests in critiquing the week’s top record issues. Rock history records that Although the songs were never played in their entirety, the four judges gave a verdict on whether each would be a “hit” or a “miss”. The show was called off in 1967 due to falling ratings.

FM stereo was heard for the first occasion by listeners in Schenectady, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Rock history records that The FCC would adopt the standard a year later.

Rock history records that Four weeks after entering the Billboard chart, 17-year-old Lesley Gore ‘s “It’s My Party” reached the number one spot. Rock history records that The track had been brought to her home by Quincy Jones, then a staff producer at Mercury Records, along with roughly 200 other demo recordings.

Rolling Stones consisting of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones and Charlie Watts arrived at JFK Airport. Rock history records that They would kick off their first tour of America five days later at Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, California.

David Bowie issued his first album, which contained the single, “Love You ‘Til Tuesday”. Rock history records that Although the LP got positive reviews, neither it or the single sold well.

Rock history records that Simon And Garfunkel reached the top of the Hot 100 with “Mrs. Robinson”, which was featured in the soundtrack of the film The Graduate , starring Dustin Hoffman and Ann Bancroft. Rock history records that The song went on to win a Grammy Award for the Best Contemporary Pop Performance by a Vocal Duo or Group .

Rock history records that 24-year-old Merrilee Rush enters the Billboard Top 40 for the first and only time with “Angel Of The Morning”, which will reach #7. Rock history records that Juice Newton would take the same song to #4 in 1981. Rock history records that “Angel of the Morning” was written by Chip Taylor (James Wesley Voight), the younger brother of actor Jon Voight and the uncle of actress Angelina Jolie.

Rock history records that John Lennon recorded “Give Peace a Chance” in a room at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada. Rock history records that The voices of Tommy Smothers and Petula Clark can be heard on the chorus. Rock history records that The song was credited to Lennon / McCartney at the time, but later issues credit only John Lennon.

Rock history records that Elvis Presley’s birthplace, a two room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, was opened to the public as a tourist attraction.

Gladys Knight is the last musical guest to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show , which was called off the next day after twenty-three years on the air. Rock history records that It was TV’s longest running variety show and was a springboard for nearly every major music act in the 1960s. Sullivan was so angry about the cancellation that he declined to do a final show, although he would return for several TV specials and a 25th-anniversary show in 1973. Rock history records that Ed Sullivan died of esophageal cancer at age 73 on October 13th, 1974.

Atlantic Records issues Aretha Franklin ‘s Gospel album, “Amazing Grace”. Rock history records that It had been recorded in January, 1972 at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, with Reverend James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir. Rock history records that The LP would go on to sell over two million copies, becoming the best selling disc of Aretha’s career. Despite the competition from secular music, the album climbed to #7 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart.

Rock history records that Robert Wyatt, drummer for the British progressive rock band Soft Machine, fell out of a fourth story apartment window and broke his spine, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Rock history records that Without the use of his legs, he would continue with the band by concentrating on singing and playing keyboards.

Rock history records that Guitarist Ron Wood joins The Rolling Stones on tour for first time, replacing Mick Taylor as the band kicks off their latest tour of the US in Baton Rouge Louisiana.

Rock history records that 28-year-old, Long Island native, Billy Joel wraps up a four month tour of the US by appearing at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Rock history records that In the UK, Electric Light Orchestra unleashed their eighth studio album, “Discovery”. It would go on to become the band’s first chart topping LP in that country and contained the singles, “Shine a Little Love” (UK #6, US #8), “Don’t Bring Me Down” (UK #3, US #4), “Last Train to London” b/w “Confusion” (UK #8, US #39) and “The Diary of Horace Wimp” (UK #8). After being issued in America a week later, the LP would peak at #5 on the Billboard chart.

Nate Nelson, lead singer of the Doo-Wop group The Flamingos , died aged 52. He was with the group when they recorded their biggest hit, “I Only Have Eyes For You” in 1959 and became part of the Platters three years later.

To mark the 20th anniversary of its original 1967 release, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by The Beatles was officially issued on CD in the UK for the first occasion. Rock history records that As of 2018 it was still Great Britain’s best-selling studio album of all time. Worldwide the LP has sold over 32 million copies.

Rock history records that Twenty-one years after its release, “The Association – Greatest Hits” was certified 2X Platinum, for sales of 2,000,000 copies, by the RIAA. Rock history records that The album is a compilation of the band’s singles from 1966-1968.

Rock history records that 50-year-old David Ruffin, formerly of The Temptations , died of an accidental overdose of crack cocaine. Rock history records that Ruffin sang lead vocal on some of the Temps biggest hits, “My Girl” and “Ain’t Too Proud Too Beg”. As a solo artist he had hits with Hall And Oates with “My Whole World Ended The Moment You Left Me” and “Walk Away From Love” as well as “The Way You Do the Things You Do / My Girl medley” with Hall and Oates.

Rock history records that Rod Stewart’s 22-year-old wife, Rachel Hunter, gives birth to a daughter they named Renee. Rock history records that The couple would also have a son, Liam McAlister Stewart, but divorced in 2006.

Alan Blakely, rhythm guitar player for The Tremeloes, died of cancer aged 54. Rock history records that The band scored a pair of 1967 hits in North America with “Here Comes My Baby” (#13) and “Silence Is Golden” (#11).

Rock history records that Re-issued to mark the 40th anniversary of its release, The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” re-entered the UK album chart at #47. Rock history records that To this date, the album spent a total of 201 weeks on the UK charts.

Rock history records that Bob Dylan is discharged from hospital after being treated for histoplasmosis, a potential life threatening fungal infection that causes swelling of the sac surrounding the heart. Rock history records that Dylan was quoted as saying, “I’m just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I’d be seeing Elvis soon.”

58-year-old Kenny Rogers gets wed for the fifth time, this time to his production assistant Wanda Miller. They would remain together for the next twenty-two years, until he died of bladder cancer on March 20th, 2020 aged 81.

Rock history records that Napster, the file sharing program invented by 18-year-old Northeastern University drop-out Shawn Fanning, becomes available on the internet. Rock history records that It would shut down in 2001 after several lawsuits and a steep decline in sales of CDs.

The UK’s Royal Mail issued a 19p stamp with Freddie Mercury to mark his contribution to the Live Aid charity concert in 1985. The late Queen front man was an avid philatelist whose collection was purchased by the Post Office in 1993.

Rock history records that The UK Official Albums chart turned fifty years old. Rock history records that Fans responded to a survey and chose “Definitely Maybe” by Oasis as the greatest album of all time. Rock history records that The Beatles held down second and third place with “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Revolver”. Rock history records that Radiohead’s “OK Computer” places fourth and “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” by Oasis is fifth.

Rock history records that A fire broke out on the back lot of Universal Studios Hollywood, an American film studio and theme park in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles County, California. Rock history records that The blaze destroyed the King Kong Encounter attraction, several city streetscapes, and between 40,000 and 50,000 archived digital video and film copies. Rock history records that Hundreds of major artists claimed that their original master recordings were lost, although Universal disputed those claims.

The British Recorded Music Industry (BPI) revealed that digital songs and music videos containing explicit lyrics will now be marked with Parental Guidance logos or the word ‘EXPLICIT’.

Cynthia Weil , who co-penned several Classic Rock hits, died aged 82. Rock history records that With her husband and songwriting partner, Barry Mann, Weil composed The Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'”, The Animals’ “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”, Paul Petersen’s “My Dad”, The Drifters’ “On Broadway” and Tony Orlando’s “Bless You”.