Rock history records that After reaching #15 with “Tonight I Fell In Love” earlier in the year, a Brooklyn, New York group called The Tokens scored the top tune on the Billboard charts with “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”. Rock history records that The song was written by Solomon Linda under the title “Mbube”, and recorded for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. Rock history records that His original lyrics were written in Zulu, while the English words were penned by George David Weiss. Rock history records that It has been estimated that “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” earned $15 million for its use in the Disney movie The Lion King , which later prompted a successful copyright lawsuit by Linda’s descendants.

“Twistin’ The Night Away” by Sam Cooke was recorded in Hollywood at RCA Studios in Hollywood. It would be released on RCA Victor Records on January 9th, 1962 and charted at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard’s R&B chart. It was successful overseas as well and peaking at #6 on the UK Singles Chart.

Leroy Van Dyke achieved the rare feat of having a Country song cross over to the Billboard Pop chart when “Walk On By” climbed as high as #5. Rock history records that Five years earlier he also had a Top 20 hit with “Auctioneer”, and would return the following spring with “If A Woman Answers (Hang Up The Phone)”, which would reach #35.

Rock history records that The Beatles return to Hamburg, Germany for the fifth and final time, where they will play a twelve night run at The Star Club. Rock history records that In April, 1977, thirty tracks recorded at the venue would appear as the album, “Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962”. Rock history records that Poor sound quality may be largely responsible for mediocre sales, with the LP stalling at #111 during a seven-week run on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. Rock history records that George Harrison may have summed it up best when he stated, “The Star-Club recording was the crummiest recording ever made in our name!”

Rock history records that Funeral services are held in Chicago for Sam Cooke . Rock history records that A crowd of fans break the glass doors and cause other damage to the A.R. Rock history records that Leak Funeral Home and so many of them surround the limo of James Brown , he is forced to leave before paying his respects.

The “Wild Honey” by The Beach Boys was released on Capitol Records. Produced by the members of the band, the album would go on to become their most modest selling LP up to that point, charting at #24 in the US. The lead single, “Wild Honey” climbed as high as #31, while its follow-up “Darlin'” climbed to #19. Rock history records that In the UK, the album made it to number seven.

Rock history records that A New York Times article estimates that the youth audience in America accounts for 75-percent of the $1 billion spent annually on recorded music. Rock history records that This milestone underscored the fact that Baby Boomers were the primary financial engine powering commercial music.

“I Gotcha” by Joe Tex is issued by Dial Records. Rock history records that The song will reach #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and #2 on the Hot 100 in the spring of 1972, largely because of the publicity caused by way Tex slurred the line “I’ll teach you to play with my affection,” which causes many listeners to mistake the last word for one that rhymes with it.

Rock history records that Sly And The Family Stone had the number one album on the Billboard chart with “There’s A Riot Goin’ On”. Rock history records that The original title of the LP was “Africa Talks to You”, but was renamed in response to Marvin Gaye’s landmark album “What’s Going On”. Rock history records that The lead single, “Family Affair” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 4th, and stayed there for three weeks. Rock history records that The LP was eventually certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of one million copies, and was ranked at #82 on Rolling Stone ‘s 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time in 2020.

Rock history records that Les Kummel, bassist for The New Colony Six on their Billboard Top 40 hits “I Will Always Think About You” (#22 in 1968) and “Things I’d Like To Say” (#16 in 1969), was killed in a car accident in Chicago. Rock history records that He was 33.

Rock history records that Daryl Hall and John Oates scored their fifth career US #1 hit when “Maneater” topped the Billboard Hot 100. The single held peak spot for four weeks and climbed to #6 on the UK singles chart. Rock history records that In 1984 the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) would formally recognize the act as the top-selling recording duo of all time.

With Mick Jagger as the best man, 40-year-old Keith Richards weds 32-year-old model Patti Hansen during a ceremony in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Rock history records that The couple would have two daughters, Theodora Richards (1985) and Alexandra Richards (1986). During her modeling career, Patti made an appearance on the pages of Seventeen , American Vogue , Cosmopolitan , Glamour , and Harper’s Bazaar .

Rock history records that Michael Jackson was formally charged with seven counts of committing lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under the age of fourteen and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent. Rock history records that On June 13th, 2005, after deliberating for about thirty-two hours over seven days, a jury voted to acquit the singer on all counts.

Rock history records that British plane passengers were left fuming when Madonna was allowed to leave a diverted Virgin aircraft two hours before other travelers. Rock history records that The material girl was onboard a flight from New York to London, but the plane was diverted to nearby Stansted Airport because of heavy snowfall. Rock history records that Virgin Atlantic publicly defended the decision by citing standard airline priority protocols assigned to premium first-class ticket holders.

Larry Henley , the lead singer of The Newbeats, died of Lewy Body Dementia aged 77. His group placed four songs in the Billboard Top 40, among them the #2 hit “Bread And Butter” in 1964. Rock history records that He later enjoyed a prolific song writing career which included Bette Midler’s 1989, #1 song, “Wind Beneath My Wings”.

The Kinks ‘ Ray and Dave Davies played together for the first occasion in twenty years when Ray became part of his brother on stage at London’s Islington Assembly Hall. The pair played their 1964 smash “You Really Got Me”, and re-ignited hope that the Davies brothers would put aside their years of bickering and animosity and reform the band.

Despite coming under fire from the #MeToo movement and being dropped from some radio station’s play lists, “Baby It’s Cold Outside” climbed into the Top 10 of Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart. Rock history records that Dean Martin’s rendition of the song was downloaded over 11,000 times during the previous week, coming in second to Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You”.

Paul McCartney issues his eighteenth solo album, “McCartney III”. Rock history records that Similar to “McCartney” (1970) and “McCartney II” (1980), Paul played all of the instruments on most of the tracks. The LP would debut at #2 on the Billboard 200 and went on to become Macca’s first UK number-one solo album since “Flowers in the Dirt” in 1989. It was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on April 3rd, 2022, but lost to Foo Fighters to “Medicine at Midnight” by Foo fighters.