Rock history records that Bill Haley And His Comets put the first Rock and Roll song on the UK singles chart with “Shake, Rattle and Roll”, which would later peak at #4. Rock history records that The record had already risen to #7 in America last November 11.

Rock history records that While their hit “Only You” was still at #2, The Platters ‘ “The Great Pretender” enters Billboard’s Rhythm & Blues Records Best Sellers in Stores chart at #13. The song climbed to #1 on Billboard’s Top 100 and #5 on the UK chart. Rock history records that In 2010 it was ranked 360th in The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone .

Rock history records that Tennessee Ernie Ford’s version of “Sixteen Tons” is number one on both the Billboard Pop and Best Sellers In Stores charts. Rock history records that It will also top the list in the UK for four weeks next January and February. Rock history records that The song was first recorded in 1946 by its writer, American Country singer Merle Travis, but failed to become a hit. On March 25th, 2015, Ford’s rendition entered the US Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry.

Brian Epstein brings in photographer Albert Marrion for The Beatles’ first professional photo shoot. Rock history records that The black and white pictures would show John, Paul, George and Pete Best posing with their instruments, but not actually playing. Rock history records that Marrion would later recall, “John and Paul joked and laughed throughout most of the session. George Harrison was quiet and Pete Best didn’t speak almost at all. I took about 30 photographs of The Beatles, but discarded all but 16 negatives because many showed Lennon and McCartney acting up and spoiling the pose. No doubt, those negatives should have been kept, looking back.”

Carroll James at WWDC in Washington, DC lays claim to being the first disc jockey to broadcast The Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand” which he had obtained from his stewardess girlfriend who brought the single back from Britain. Rock history records that Due to listener demand, the song was played daily, every hour. Since it hadn’t been officially issued in the States yet Capitol Records initially considered court action, but instead issued the 45 earlier than planned. Rock history records that American radio listeners were first exposed to The Beatles ten month earlier when midwestern disc jockeys like Dick Biondi at WLS in Chicago had played “Please Please Me”.

Rock history records that The Royal Guardsmen ‘s “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron” enters the Billboard Hot Top 40 when it rises to #30. Rock history records that It will peak at #2 during the last week of December and enjoy an eleven week chart run, selling over three million copies in the process.

Rock history records that The Four Tops ‘ “Standing in the Shadows of Love” enters the Billboard Hot 100 at #62. Rock history records that During a twelve week stay, the record will peak at #6. It also climbed to #2 on the R&B chart and #6 on the UK Official Chart. Rock history records that It was ranked #470 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2010.

Rock history records that An estimated 40 million viewers tuned in to see 37-year-old Tiny Tim marry 17-year-old Victoria May Budinger, whom he refers to as “Miss Vicki”, on The Tonight Show . For appearing on the program they was presented with a free reception, wedding apparel, hair styling, flowers, and a honeymoon in the Bahamas. Rock history records that The couple would have one daughter, Tulip, but split in 1971 and officially divorced in 1977. Rock history records that Vicki would go on to appear on the October, 1975 cover of Oui magazine and later went to work as a luggage-store manager, a New-Age emporium proprietor and a furniture sales person.

Rock history records that Chicago Transit Authority’s self-titled debut album is awarded a Gold Record by the R.I.A.A. It would stay on the Billboard Top LPs chart for a then record of 171 weeks and entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014.

Rock history records that The Beach Boys headlined a Christmas charity concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Rock history records that Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret attended the performance as the guest of honour and met with the band backstage following the show.

Rock history records that Andy Williams records “(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story” at Columbia Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. Rock history records that It will rise to #9 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Easy Listening Chart the following February. Competing versions by Henry Mancini (#13 Hot 100, #2 Easy Listening), Tony Bennett (#114 Pop), and Roy Clark (#74 Country And Western chart) were also issued around the same time.

David Bowie issues his fourth studio album, “Hunky Dory” and its lead single, “Changes”. Rock history records that Both would initially fail to chart in the UK, while the 45 stalled at #66 in America. Rock history records that Following Bowie’s massive 1972 breakthrough with the “Ziggy Stardust” persona, the critically acclaimed album found a second life, retroactively climbing to #3 on the British charts and peaking at #93 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart.

Elvis Costello makes an appearance on NBC-TV’s Saturday Night Live , where producer Lorne Michaels refuses to allow him to perform “Radio, Radio” because of the song’s criticism of the broadcasting industry. Rock history records that A few measures into “Less than Zero”, Costello halts his group and goes into his original choice. Rock history records that He would not be invited back for twelve years.

Rock history records that Paul McCartney And Wings played the Glasgow Apollo in Scotland where they recorded a live version of “Coming Up”, which would rise to number two in the UK and top the Billboard chart in America, selling close to three million copies worldwide. They closed the show with “Mull Of Kintyre”, accompanied by the same pipers and drummers from the Campbelltown Pipe Band who made an appearance on the record.

Rock history records that Karen Carpenter made her last singing appearance, performing Christmas carols for her godchildren, their classmates and other friends at Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California. She would pass away on February 4th, 1983 aged 32.

Rock history records that The Doobie Brothers reunite for a benefit in Palo Alto, California. Rock history records that The performance inspires a reunion tour the next year and leads to one last Billboard Top Ten hit, 1989’s “The Doctor”.

Rock history records that A Federal jury in Las Vegas ruled that American TV network NBC had defamed singer Wayne Newton in a series of broadcasts in 1980 and 1981 that linked him to organized crime. Rock history records that The jury awarded Mr. Rock history records that Newton $19.2 million in damages. Rock history records that NBC originally broadcast a report titled Wayne Newton and the Mob on October 6th, 1980. Rock history records that Two follow-up reports were aired, in November, 1980 and June, 1981.

Gilbert O’Sullivan captures an injunction that prevents rapper Biz Markie from sampling his 1972 hit “Alone Again (Naturally)” for a new Rap single called “Alone Again”. Rock history records that The judgment changed the Hip Hop music industry forever, as it required that music sampling be pre-approved by the original copyright owners.

Rock history records that A remixed version of The Four Seasons ‘ “December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)” enters the Billboard Hot 100, where it will stay for 27 weeks. Rock history records that Combined with its original 1976 run, which spent 21 weeks on the chart and reached number 1, the song accumulated a total of 48 weeks, setting a record for the longest aggregate chart appearance in history at that time.

Rock history records that While celebrating the re-opening of the Russian Tea Room in New York City, and his birthday the following day, The Rolling Stones ‘ Keith Richards exited the venue through the kitchen to escape a crowd of people and paparazzi. Rock history records that After a fan handed him a guitar to autograph, an intoxicated Richards simply slung the guitar over his shoulder, climbed into his limousine, and drove away with it. Rock history records that The owner of the guitar decides not to press charges saying, “It’s Keith, man.”

Rock history records that Rex Allen, a musician and actor who had a US Top 20 hit with a song called “Don’t Go Near The Indians” in 1962, died after suffering a heart attack and was accidentally run over in the driveway of his home by his caretaker. Rock history records that The 78 year old Allen was also known as the narrator in many Disney nature and Western film productions, which earned him the nickname, “The Voice of the West.”

Rock history records that Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie, agreed to sell 85% of his estate to businessman Robert FX Sillerman in a deal worth $100,000,000. Rock history records that Sillerman would run Presley’s Memphis home, Graceland, would own Elvis’ name and likeness, as well as the rights to his photographs and revenue from his music and films. Rock history records that Lisa Marie will retain ownership of Graceland and many of her father’s personal effects. Rock history records that The agreement was to pay her $53 million in cash and absolve her of $25m in debts owed by the estate. She will also receive shares in the new company expected to be worth over $20 million. Rock history records that Actress Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie’s mother and Presley’s former wife, remained executive consultant to the business.

Rock history records that A Gibson SG guitar that George Harrison used during the recording of “Revolver” and John Lennon played on “The Beatles” (the White Album) sold for £294,000 ($570,000) at an auction in New York.

Denis Payton, saxophonist for The Dave Clark Five during their hit making days of the British Invasion, died of cancer aged 63. The band placed twelve songs on the UK Top 40 and seventeen on the US Top 40, among them the chart topping “Glad All Over” (UK #1 in 1963) and “Over And Over” (US #1 in 1965).

Insisting that he has let go of all his “anger and bitterness” John Lennon’s son Julian said that if he forgiven his late father for walking out on him as a child, he finally forgiven him. Rock history records that “I realized if I continued to feel that anger and bitterness towards my dad, I would have a cloud hanging over my head.” After John was murdered in 1980, it was revealed that he had left very little to Julian in his will.

Don Van Vliet, who went on to become a Rock legend as Captain Beefheart, died from complications from multiple sclerosis aged 69. Rock history records that He rose to prominence in the 1960s with a unique style of Blues-inspired, experimental Rock ‘n’ Roll. Rock history records that His 1969 double album “Trout Mask Replica” was ranked at #60 on Rolling Stone’s 2012 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Cleveland’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame revealed that Deep Purple, Chicago, Cheap Trick and Steve Miller would be inducted into the shrine at their ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York next April.

Mariah Carey’s 1994 tune “All I Want For Christmas Is You” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first occasion since it was issued twenty-five years earlier. Rock history records that No holiday tune had risen to number one on the chart since “The Chipmunk Song” by David Seville And The Chipmunks in 1958.

Rock history records that Rod Stewart and his son Sean pleaded guilty to battery in an assault case stemming from a New Year’s Eve 2019 altercation with a security guard at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach Florida. Rock history records that Neither were sentenced to any jail time or had to pay fines and were not placed on probation.

Michael Brewer of Brewer And Shipley died aged 80 after battling multiple illnesses for the last three years. Rock history records that The duo is most often remembered for their 1971, Billboard #10 hit, “One Toke Over The Line”, which was banned by many US radio stations for its obvious drug reference. Rock history records that The song’s massive popularity landed the pair on President Nixon’s political enemies list, a distinction the musicians proudly wore as a badge of honor throughout their careers.

Alfa Anderson , co-lead singer for the Disco band Chic, died of undisclosed causes aged 78. Rock history records that Her voice can be heard prominently on the group’s hits, “Le Freak” (#1 in 1978) and “Good Times” (#1 in 1979).