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1955 Billboard reviewed Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” as a rapid-fire novelty with nonsense words. Its pounding sound and uninhibited delivery became a model both for his later records and for rock and roll itself.
1955 Sun Records founder Sam Phillips used proceeds from selling Elvis Presley’s contract to launch WHER in Memphis, America’s first all-female radio station. Women presented records and news and sold and produced commercials from a tiny pink-and-purple studio nicknamed the Doll Bin; the call letters lasted until 1972.
1957 Bobby Helms recorded “Jingle Bell Rock.” It entered Billboard’s Top 10 by December, sold more than a million copies, became a Christmas standard, and was later recorded by roughly one hundred artists.
1958 While serving with the U.S. Army, Elvis Presley attended Bill Haley and His Comets’ Stuttgart concert in uniform, then went backstage for photographs and time with the band.
1963 British singer Michael Holliday died from a suspected drug overdose at 38. Despite No. 1 hits “The Story of My Life” and “Starry Eyed,” he privately struggled with severe stage fright and depression.
1966 ? and the Mysterians’ “96 Tears” reached No. 1 on Billboard two weeks after topping Cashbox. The singer who guarded his identity as Question Mark was Rudy Martinez of Michigan’s Saginaw Valley.
1966 The Ronettes’ “I Can Hear Music” entered the Hot 100 at No. 100 and disappeared after one week, nearly two years after their last Top 40 hit. The Beach Boys’ 1969 cover later reached No. 24 in America and No. 10 in Britain.
1967 Hair opened off-Broadway at New York’s Public Theater. The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical moved to Broadway in April 1968 for 1,750 performances, while songs from its cast album became major hits and advanced composer Galt MacDermot’s career.
1968 Scepter released B.J. Thomas’s “Hooked on a Feeling.” It entered Billboard in December and reached No. 5 in America but did not chart in Britain.
1970 Neil Diamond received a Gold record for “Cracklin’ Rosie,” his first U.S. No. 1 and third million-selling single.
1971 Duane Allman died just short of his twenty-fifth birthday after losing control of his motorcycle while avoiding a lumber truck in Macon, Georgia. The influential guitarist’s death came as the Allman Brothers Band celebrated the breakthrough success of At Fillmore East.
1973 The Who’s Quadrophenia went Gold in America only three days after release, based on $1 million in wholesale sales. The double album remained on the U.S. chart thirty-four weeks and the British chart eleven weeks.

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1960 Elvis Presley recorded fourteen gospel songs at RCA’s Nashville studio for His Hand in Mine. The album reached No. 14 on Billboard’s pop LP chart and was certified Platinum in 1992.
1961 Philles Records issued its first single, the Crystals’ “There’s No Other Love Like My Baby,” which reached No. 20 early the next year. The label name combined owners Phil Spector and Les Sill.
1964 Roy Orbison received his first Gold record for “Oh, Pretty Woman,” a chart-topper in ten countries that sold more than seven million copies worldwide.
1965 Patty Duke’s “Say Something Funny,” following her No. 8 hit “Don’t Just Stand There,” entered the Top 40 and eventually reached No. 22.
1965 The Beatles’ “Yesterday” reclaimed No. 1 on Cashbox after the Toys’ “A Lover’s Concerto” interrupted its run for one week.
1967 Brian Jones pleaded guilty to drug charges from his May arrest and received nine months in prison, spending a night at Wormwood Scrubs before bail. An appeals court later replaced the sentence with a £1,000 fine, three years’ probation, and psychiatric treatment.
1968 The MC5 recorded live tracks for Kick Out the Jams at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom. Rob Tyner’s explicit title-song introduction caused controversy and was changed to “brothers and sisters” for the radio-friendly single.
1968 Spanky and Our Gang guitarist Malcolm Hale died at 27. Initially attributed to pneumonia, his death was later ruled carbon-monoxide poisoning from faulty home heaters; the group had scored five Top 40 hits in 1967–68.
1970 Jim Morrison received six months in jail and a $500 fine for alleged indecent exposure at a Miami Doors concert. The appeal remained unresolved at his death, and road manager Vince Treanor later insisted Morrison only teased the audience.
1970 Elton John released Tumbleweed Connection. It reached No. 2 in Britain and No. 5 in America, later earning U.S. Gold and Platinum awards and British Silver certification.
1971 John Lennon’s Imagine simultaneously topped the British and American album charts, remaining his most successful LP until Double Fantasy rose to No. 1 after his 1980 murder.
1971 Pink Floyd released Meddle in America. It reached No. 3 in Britain but, hindered by weak Capitol promotion, only No. 70 in the United States.

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1958 The Flamingos recorded “I Only Have Eyes for You” at New York’s Bell Sound Studios. It reached No. 11 on the Hot 100 and later ranked No. 158 on Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest songs list.
1960 Elvis Presley’s G.I. Blues entered Billboard’s pop album chart, beginning a run that included ten weeks at No. 1 and 111 weeks overall—his career longevity record until ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits surpassed it in the digital era.
1960 Seventeen-year-old Fabian’s “Kissin’ and Twistin’” entered the Hot 100 at No. 99 and disappeared the next week, becoming his final chart record. Seven later singles failed, though he continued acting in films and television into the 1990s.
1962 Elvis Presley’s eleventh film, Girls! Girls! Girls!, premiered in Honolulu, where it had been filmed. The musical comedy cast him as a poor fisherman who dreamed of owning his boat.
1963 Ed Sullivan saw roughly 3,000 screaming fans welcome the Beatles home at Heathrow after a five-date Swedish tour. Witnessing Beatlemania persuaded him to book their three landmark American television appearances in early 1964.
1964 The Supremes earned their second Hot 100 No. 1 with “Baby Love,” only four months after fellow Motown performers had mocked them as the “no-hit Supremes.”
1964 Gale Garnett’s “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” topped Cashbox, reached No. 4 on Billboard, and later won the Grammy for Best Folk Recording. “Lovin’ Place” became her only other American chart entry.
1964 Customs officers arrested Ray Charles at Boston’s Logan Airport for heroin possession, his third drug case after 1958 and 1961 incidents. After treatment in Los Angeles he avoided prison but served a year of parole in 1966.
1964 For the first time since January, the Beatles had no song on the Hot 100, ending a remarkable stretch in which fourteen records appeared through five labels.
1970 Michelle Phillips married Dennis Hopper after meeting during The Last Movie. Substance abuse, paranoia, and erratic behavior helped end the union after eight days when she filed for divorce, making it one of rock’s shortest marriages.
1970 James Taylor’s Sweet Baby James went Gold as “Fire and Rain” reached No. 3. Its autobiographical lyrics referred to childhood friend Suzanne Schnerr’s suicide and the collapse of his earlier band, the Flying Machine.
1975 Queen released “Bohemian Rhapsody,” beginning a nine-week UK No. 1 run; it initially reached No. 9 in America. A 1991 British reissue and its use in Wayne’s World drove the song back to No. 2 on the Hot 100 in 1992.

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