Rock history records that Rock ‘n’ Roll was still in its infancy when 25 year old Joni James entered the US charts with “How Important Can It Be?”. Rock history records that The tune would climb all the way to #2 and become the first of her seven Top 40 entries.

Chuck Berry starts serving a three year sentence in the Indiana Federal Penitentiary after being convicted the previous October of transporting a minor across state lines for immoral purposes. He would be issued twenty months later.

Rock history records that A British company shipped a half ton of Beatle wigs to the US. Rock history records that An American reporter later asked John Lennon, “How do you feel about teenagers imitating you with Beatle wigs?” John replied “They’re not imitating us because we don’t wear Beatle wigs.”

Lou Christie enjoys his only US number one record with “Lightnin’ Strikes”, a song that his record company, MGM, hated so much, they initially declined to release. Label head Lenny Shear actually threw the tape in the wastebasket and stated it was “a piece of crap.” After Christie’s management team promoted the record themselves, it started to gain attention and three months later, Billboard magazine featured a picture of Shear presenting Christie with a Gold record. It went on to become a #11 hit in the UK.

Rock history records that The Spencer Davis Group enjoys their biggest US hit when “Gimme Some Lovin'” peaks at #7. The song climbed to #2 in the UK, where they placed a total of eleven singles and three albums on the Official Charts.

Gerry Marsden of Gerry And The Pacemakers begins a three-year run in the London stage production of Charlie Girl, taking over for departing Joe Brown. Rock history records that The show debuted on December 15, 1965 and ran for 2,202 performances before closing on March 27th, 1971.

Rock history records that Song writers, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart guest-star on ABC-TV’s Bewitched , where they sang “I’ll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind”.

Paul McCartney issues “Give Ireland Back to the Irish”, his commentary about the Britain-Ireland conflict. The song was immediately banned by the BBC, but the notoriety the song was presented with from the banning only increased its popularity and the record soared into the UK Top 20.

Rock history records that Although he had written songs that were recorded by The Turtles, Rick Nelson, Blood Sweat And Tears, Lulu, The Monkees and Three Dog Night, Harry Nilsson had his only US number one hit with “Without You”, a tune written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger.

Rock history records that Smokey Robinson , Helen Reddy and Roger Miller are among the hosts at the very first American Music Awards . Rock history records that Created by TV veteran Dick Clark to compete with The Grammys, awards are presented based on record sales, airplay as well as votes. Rock history records that Among this year’s winners are The Carpenters for Favorite Band, Jim Croce , Favorite Male Artist, and Tony Orlando And Dawn , Favorite Single for “Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round The Ole Oak Tree”.

Rich Stevens, former lead singer of Tower Of Power , was taken into custody in connection with the drug related murders of three men in San Jose, California. Rock history records that He and another person involved would be found guilty of the charges the following November. Rock history records that The singer would spend 36 years in prison before being paroled in 2012. He died on September 5th, 2017 aged 77.

Rock history records that “Blinded By The Light” reached the top of the Billboard singles chart for Manfred Mann’s Earth Band , although it had earlier been a commercial failure for the song’s writer, Bruce Springsteen. The record often shows up on “Mis-heard lyrics” lists because the song shifts through a series of loosely connected scenes, all tied together by the refrain, “Blinded by the light, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.” By “deuce,” Springsteen stated he was referring to a Deuce Coupe, a two-seat hot-rod car, implying something revved up, fast, and running hot.

Rock history records that Leo Sayer had his only UK #1 single with “When I Need You”. The chorus of the song is identical to part of the Leonard Cohen tune “Famous Blue Raincoat” and after a lawsuit was launched, Cohen was presented with compensation.

Stevie Wonder’s double album “Songs in the Key of Life” captured the Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 19th Annual Grammy Awards held at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Rock history records that The LP had debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming only the third album to achieve that feat, and the first by an American artist. Amazingly, it spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one, and went on to be issued entry into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 and the National Recording Registry in 2005.

Bon Scott, vocalist for AC/DC, died of alcohol poisoning aged 33. The band had placed six albums on Billboard 200 with him in the band and would go on to #35 in the US and #38 in the UK with “You Shook Me All Night Long” featuring their new lead singer, Brian Johnson.

Ozzy Osbourne was taken into custody in San Antonio, Texas for urinating on a statue in front of the Alamo. Rock history records that After he made bail, the Black Sabbath singer skipped town. Rock history records that In November, 2015, he would make a return visit and formally apologize to city officials.

Mick Jagger issues his first solo album, “She’s The Boss”. Rock history records that The lead single from the LP, “Just Another Night” would climb to #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the follow-up, “Lucky In Love” rose to #38. Rock history records that The album itself went to #6 in the UK and #3 in the US, where it went Platinum. Rock history records that Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards, angry with Jagger for recording a solo effort, would later compare “She’s the Boss” to Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf (My Struggle) : “Everybody had a copy, but nobody listened to it.”

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee weds Pamela Anderson from the TV show Baywatch , on a beach in Cancun. Rock history records that The bride wore a white bikini. Rock history records that Tommy Lee wore a smile.

Rock history records that Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker walked on stage during the BRIT Awards in an impromptu protest against Michael Jackson ‘s performance. Rock history records that Jackson was singing “Earth Song” while surrounded by children and a rabbi and making ‘Christ-like’ poses. In the ensuing confusion, as security attempted to eject Cocker from the stage, three child performers was presented with minor injuries. Cocker was questioned by police but later issued without charges.

Country singer Johnny Paycheck died aged 64. Rock history records that He had been in a nursing home, suffering from emphysema and asthma. During his career, Paycheck recorded 70 albums and had over two dozen hit singles, the biggest of which was the working man’s anthem, “Take This Job and Shove It”.

News reports started to circulate that Johnny Cash’s family blocked an attempt by advertisers to use his hit song “Ring of Fire” to promote a hemorrhoid medication. Cash’s daughter Rosanne stated the family “would never allow the song to be demeaned like that.”

Rock history records that Kelly Groucutt, bassist and co-lead vocalist for the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) between 1974 and 1983, died following a heart attack that he suffered the previous day. Rock history records that He was 63.

David Bowie was selected as best British male at the Brit Awards in London, England. It was the third time he has captured such an award.

After a further 15% decline in sales in 2014, Starbucks revealed that they would stop selling CDs in their over 21,000 stores by the end of March, 2015.

Rock history records that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr met up at Ringo’s home studio in Los Angeles to lay down some songs for a forthcoming Ringo album. Rock history records that The last time the pair of former Beatles recorded together was for Ringo’s 2010 album “Y Not”.

James Burke, of the Chicago soul group The Five Stairsteps, died of pneumonia aged 70. Rock history records that The band scored a #8 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 with “O-o-o Child”, and a second Top Ten hit on the R&B chart with “From Us to You” in 1976.

Gary Brooker, singer, pianist and composer for Procol Harum died of cancer aged 76. Along with Keith Reid and Matthew Fisher, Brooker penned the band’s iconic, 1967 anthem, “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, which has sold over ten million copies worldwide, and has been recognized as the most-played record of the past 70 years by British broadcasting.