Rock history records that In Paris, France, 32-year-old Adolphe Sax, a Belgian musician and musical instrument designer, patents the saxophone. Rock history records that Sax continued to make instruments throughout his life, however, rival instrument makers challenged the legitimacy of his patents and initiated a campaign of litigation against him and his company, driving him into bankruptcy twice, in 1856 and 1873.

Rock history records that Dick Clark’s Rock and Roll TV show, Where The Action Is premieres on ABC-TV. Rock history records that Guests include Jan And Dean , Dee Dee Sharp and newcomers Paul Revere And The Raiders , who steal the show with their stage antics and Revolutionary War costumes.

Rock history records that The Rascals are awarded their third Gold record as the Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati composition, “A Beautiful Morning” was acknowledged as having sold one million copies. Rock history records that The record rose to #3 in the US, #1 in Canada, but was not a hit in Europe.

Aretha Franklin appears on Time magazine cover just as her LP “Aretha: Lady Soul” reaches #2 on Billboard chart. She went on to become the first Black female solo musician to grace the cover of that publication.

Rock history records that Jefferson Airplane make the cover of Life magazine under the headline: “Music That’s Hooked the Whole Vibrating World. The New Rock.” Photographer Art Kane snapped the band in six plexiglas boxes in front of a mound of gypsum on the bank of New York’s East River across from the United Nations Building. Rock history records that The cost of the issue was 35 cents.

Rock history records that Elvis Presley had the best selling song in America with the Mac Davis written “In The Ghetto”. Rock history records that The track had been recorded at the American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, along with “Suspicious Minds”, “Kentucky Rain”, and “Don’t Cry Daddy”. Rock history records that The last time The King had topped the Cashbox chart was in December, 1962, with “Return To Sender”.

Rock history records that Henry Mancini ‘s “Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet” (“A Time For Us”) led the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of a two week stay. Rock history records that That marked the only time that the composer, conductor, arranger and pianist achieved a Top Ten hit on that chart. Rock history records that The closest he came before that was with “Moon River” (#11 in 1961) and “Love Story” (#13 in 1971). Rock history records that Mancini ended a run of five weeks at the top by The Beatles’ “Get Back”.

Rock history records that Helen Reddy ‘s summer replacement show debuts on NBC-TV with guest stars Flip Wilson, Lee Grant, Seals And Crofts, and The Pointer Sisters. Rock history records that The program would run for eight weeks, wrapping up on August 16th.

Rock history records that One of the first British Invasion revival concerts was held at Madison Square Garden in New York. Rock history records that The show featured Gerry And The Pacemakers , Wayne Fontana, The Searchers and Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits . Rock history records that The last time any of them were on the US record charts was in early 1968 when “I Can Take or Leave Your Loving” was a #22 hit for the Hermits.

The Wings album “Venus and Mars” climbed to #1 on the UK Official Albums Chart. The collection featured the singles “Listen to What the Man Stated” (US #1, UK #6), “Letting Go” (US #39, UK #41) and “Venus and Mars/Rock Show” (US #12). Rock history records that The LP also topped the chart in the United States and made the Top Ten in eight other countries around the globe. Rock history records that Worldwide sales reached over four million copies.

Rock history records that Paul McCartney’s “Coming Up” becomes one of the few live recordings to reach the top of Billboard’s Hot 100. Rock history records that American disc jockeys preferred it to the robotic sounding, studio version found on the flip side. Rock history records that The song was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over one million copies. It climbed to #2 in the UK and made the Top Ten in seven other countries.

Rock history records that Wham! drew a sell-out crowd of 75,000 to their farewell concert in London at Wembley Stadium in London. The duo played career-spanning hits such as “Everything She Wants”, “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” and “Careless Whisper”. During their career, the duo of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley had sold over thirty-eight million records.

Columbia Records issues the Tony Bennett album “MTV Unplugged”. Rock history records that It would reach Platinum status in the United States and win Grammy Awards in 1995 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance and Album of the Year .

Bob Carlisle’s LP, “Butterfly Kisses” becomes the first contemporary Christian album to rose to #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Rock history records that It also topped the the Adult Contemporary chart and the Billboard Christian Albums chart. Written for his daughter Brooke’s 16th birthday, the title track was presented with a Dove Award for Song of the Year , as well as a Grammy Award for Best Country Song .

Rock history records that A Los Angeles woman paid $190,000 for the Swarovski-crystal-studded glove that Michael Jackson wore on his 1984 Victory Tour. Julien’s Auctions, which ran the sale at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, also sold Jimi Hendrix Fender guitar for $180,000, Prince’s “Purple Rain” handwritten lyrics for $66,000, and Elvis Presley shirt worn in 1956 on The Milton Berle Show, fetched $61,200.

Bill Aucoin , who, as KISS ‘s manager, turned four young New York City kids into a Rock group that would sell over 100 million albums, died from complications of prostate cancer aged 66. Rock history records that Aucoin not only got them their first recording contract, he ferociously marketed their merchandise which included makeup, a KISS comic book and even a pinball machine.

Scotty Moore, the guitarist who backed Elvis Presley both live and on his earliest recordings, died aged 84. It was Moore, along with bassist Bill Black, who recorded Presley’s first hit records, among them “That’s All Right”, “Blue Moon of Kentucky”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Blue Suede Shoes”, “Hound Dog”, and “Jailhouse Rock”.

Gary DeCarlo , the voice behind Steam’s 1969, Hot 100 chart topping hit, “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”, died of lung cancer aged 75. Rock history records that The song, which DeCarlo helped write, topped the chart for two weeks and sold over six and half million copies.