New York radio station WNEW reveals the results of its annual music popularity poll. Rock history records that The winners are Perry Como, Patti Page , the vocal group The Crew-Cuts and Big Band leader Ray Anthony.

Rock history records that Bill Haley arrived at Southampton on the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth for his UK concert debut and was greeted by 5,000 fans. Rock history records that He was the first major American Rock artist to tour Great Britain. Rock history records that At the time, Haley had two songs that made the British Top 40, “Rock Around The Clock” (#1) and “Shake, Rattle And Roll” (#4), and would go on to have twelve more.

Rock history records that Gene Pitney gains his first taste of success when “(I Wanna) Love My Life Away” cracks the Billboard Hot 100 at #77. It will go on to become his debut Top 40 single when it climbs to #39 two weeks later. Rock history records that Over the course of his seven year hit-making run, he would enjoy 25 charted singles.

Ringo Starr made an appearance live with The Beatles for the first occasion when he filled in for an ailing Pete Best . Rock history records that They played two shows that day, a lunchtime date at the Cavern Club and an evening show at the Kingsway Club in Southport.

Rock history records that Petula Clark had Billboard’s top tune with “My Love”, a song that made #4 in the UK. Rock history records that It was a record that Petula later admitted she didn’t really like, and tried to discourage Warner Bros A&R man Joe Smith from issuing it as a single.

The Beach Boys ‘ cover version of the The Regents’ 1961, #13 hit, “Barbara Ann” topped the Cashbox magazine chart and was ranked at #2 by Billboard. Rock history records that The party atmosphere in the studio was staged and the lead vocal on the track is actually that of Dean Torrence of Jan And Dean .

Rock history records that An instrumental called “No Matter What Shape” by The T-Bones reaches the US Top Ten after being featured in Alka-Seltzer commercials. Rock history records that While the actual recording was done by studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew, the touring version of the group contained Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo and Tom Reynolds, who would go on have a number four hit in 1971 called “Don’t Pull Your Love” as Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds.

Paul Simon’s first new song without Art Garfunkel, “Mother and Child Reunion” enters Billboard Hot 100 at #85 on its way to #4. Rock history records that Simon got the idea for the song’s title from a chicken-and-egg dish called Mother and Child Reunion that he saw on a Chinese restaurant menu. It was also a major hit in the UK, where it climbed as high as #5.

Rock history records that Neil Young’s “Heart Of Gold” debuts on the Billboard Hot 100, where it would go on to become his only US number one solo hit. Rock history records that Background vocals were provided by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt .

51-year-old Rudy Pompilli, sax player for Bill Haley’s Comets , died after a long battle with lung cancer. Rock history records that Never being a smoker himself, he was thought to have contracted the illness due to decades of exposure to secondhand smoke while performing in poorly ventilated clubs. Rock history records that He had been with the band for nearly twenty years and had played on hits that included “See You Later, Alligator” and “R-O-C-K”.

Rock history records that An unknown singer named Mary MacGregor had the top tune in the US with “Torn Between Two Lovers”, a song that she would later say she has never really cared for. Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul And Mary co-penned the song and originally wanted to pitch it to established artists like Olivia Newton-John or Anne Murray. Instead, MacGregor, who was working as a backup singer for Yarrow at the time, recorded a demo of it, and Ariola America label head Jay Lasker liked her vocal performance so much that he chose to release her version. The record climbed to #3 in the UK.

The Bee Gees issued their fifteenth studio album, “Spirits Having Flown”. Rock history records that The LP’s first three singles, “Tragedy”, “Too Much Heaven”, and “Love You Inside Out” would reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. By 1997 the album had sold over 20 million copies worldwide and the RIAA has certified it Platinum for selling over 4 million copies in the United States.

Rock history records that After cracking the US Top 10 in 1978 with “Hold The Line” (#5) and again in 1982 with “Rosanna” (#2), Toto has their first and only Billboard #1 hit with “Africa”. Rock history records that Over the next five years they would reach the Top 40 five more times.

Rock history records that Def Leppard’s third album, “Pyromania” debuted on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart at #69. Rock history records that It would peak at #2, remained on the chart for 92 weeks, and sold over 10 million copies in the United States. Rock history records that With various re-entries, the disc eventually logged a total of 122 weeks on the chart.

Rock history records that Backed by his former band mate Ron Wood, Rod Stewart records “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You” for MTV’s Unplugged series. Rock history records that The resulting single will be certified Gold and reach #5 in the US and the UK.

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers climbed as high as #5 on the Billboard 200 with their “Greatest Hits” compilation, an album that would go on to earn a Diamond certification for selling over 10 million copies in the US.

Rock history records that Elton John and Stevie Wonder teamed up for an exclusive White House performance hosted by President Bill Clinton. Rock history records that The star-studded event was held in honor of visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Paul McCartney played during the half-time show at Superbowl XXXIX (39) in Jacksonville Florida and pocketed a cool $3.3 million for his twelve minute performance. Rock history records that That translates into $278,000 per minute. Rock history records that Sir Paul played in front of an estimated TV audience of one billion and sang the Beatles songs “Drive My Car”, “Get Back” and “Hey Jude”, plus his James Bond theme song “Live and Let Die”.

Rock history records that The Rolling Stones played three songs during the half-time show of Super Bowl XL (40) in Detroit. Rock history records that After the event, band members expressed their displeasure over having Mick Jagger’s microphone turned down during the song “Start Me Up”. Rock history records that The line “You make a dead man come” was cut short and a barnyard reference to “cocks” in the new song “Rough Justice” also disappeared.

Barry Manilow topped the US album charts for the first occasion in nearly twenty-nine years when his “Greatest Songs of the Fifties” sold 156,000 copies during the first week of February.

Rock history records that Apple Inc. Rock history records that settles a long-standing legal battle with Apple Corps, the record label set up by The Beatles. Rock history records that The computer giant maintained all of the trademarks related to “Apple” and would license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use.

Rock history records that The Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced The Beatles to ancient Hindu meditation methods, died in his sleep at his home in the Netherlands. Rock history records that He was 91.

Rock history records that Las Vegas star Wayne Newton was accused of abandoning his personal airplane at the Oakland County International Airport in Michigan. Rock history records that The plane, worth an estimated $2 million dollars, was brought there for interior work three years earlier, but Newton claimed the job was botched so he never retrieved the aircraft. Rock history records that Six months later, Newton would have the plane relocated, piece by piece, to his Las Vegas estate, which he later put up for sale.

70-year-old Gary Glitter was found guilty of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one count of having sex with a girl under the age of 13, at Southwark Crown Court in London, England. Rock history records that He was held in custody for sentencing later in the month.

Sonny Geraci , former lead singer of The Outsiders , died aged 70. He led the band to #5 in 1966 with “Time Captured’t Let Me” and fronted a group called Climax on their 1972, Billboard #3 hit, “Precious And Few”.

Rock history records that At the 65th Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles, several Classic Rock acts showed why their music was still relevant. Ozzy Osbourne’s “Patient Number 9” captured Best Rock Album and the track “Degradation Rules” captured Best Metal Performance . Rock history records that Bonnie Raitt was cited for Song of the Year for “Just Like That”, and The Supremes and Bobby McFerrin were given Lifetime Achievement awards.

Country superstar Toby Keith died aged 62 after a battle with stomach cancer. Rock history records that Along with placing fifty-eight songs on the Billboard Country chart, he also reached the Billboard Top 40 thirteen times.

The music streaming service, Spotify, revealed that Foreigner ‘s “I Want To Know What Love Is” had surpassed one billion streams. Rock history records that The power ballad reached to the top of both the UK Official Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1985 and has been certified Platinum in both countries.