Rock history records that Actor Tab Hunter had the top tune on the UK chart with “Young Love” for the first of a three week stay. A week later, the song would climb to #1 on the Billboard Top 100 and was later awarded a gold disc by the RIAA for selling over two million copies in America.

The Soundtrack LP “The Music From Peter Gunn” by Henry Mancini rose to #1 on Billboard’s Best-Selling Pop Albums chert, where it would stay for ten consecutive weeks. It would go on to become the first album ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1959.

Rock history records that Petula Clark had her first UK #1 single with a song called “Sailor”. Rock history records that During her career she achieved a total of 20 UK Top 40 hits as well as 15 Top 40 hits in the US.

Rock history records that Ruby And The Romantics ‘ “Our Day Will Come” enters the Billboard charts. It will rose to #1 on both the Pop and R&B list in March and will be the group’s biggest hit, although they would reach the Hot 100 seven more times and the R&B chart three more times.

Rock history records that The Chiffons ‘ “He’s So Fine” enters the Hot 100. The song had been rejected by ten different record companies before Laurie Records chose to take a chance on it. Rock history records that By the end of March, it will top both the Billboard Pop and R&B charts and reach #16 in the UK.

Rock history records that The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show for the third consecutive week. Rock history records that The taped segment showed The Fab Four performing “Twist and Shout”, “Please Please Me” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand”. Rock history records that Sullivan tells his audience that the group are “fine professional singers.”

Rock history records that The Association had their final Top 10 hit in the US when “Everything That Touches You” made it to number ten. Rock history records that The song reached number 22 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and number 11 on the Cash Box chart.

Volt/Atco Records issues Otis Redding’s seventh studio album, “The Dock of the Bay”. It would be the first of a number of posthumously issued LPs and contained the hit single of the same name. Rock history records that Rolling Stone magazine would rank it at #161 on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.

Rock history records that The Doors ‘ LP “Morrison Hotel” becomes the group’s fifth album in a row to go Gold for selling 500,000 copies. Rock history records that Even though the accompanying single, “You Make Me Real” / “Roadhouse Blues” stalled at #50, the LP climbed to #4 on the Hot 200 chart and #12 in the UK. Rock history records that It has since been awarded a Platinum disc by the RIAA for sales of over one million copies in the US.

Rock history records that The inaugural Juno Awards, often considered Canada’s equivalent to the Grammys, took place in Toronto. Rock history records that The event had actually been around since 1964 under its original title, the RPM Gold Leaf Awards, created by Walt Grealis, editor and publisher of RPM magazine.

Rock history records that While in Los Angeles to promote his film The Magic Christian , Ringo Starr guests on the NBC comedy show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In . Rock history records that Ringo made several cameo appearances throughout the program alongside other guest stars and the regular cast.

Rock history records that After nearly five years of marriage, Priscilla Presley moves out of Elvis’ California home and into a two bedroom apartment near the Pacific Ocean. Rock history records that Their divorce would be finalized on October 9, 1973, with Priscilla being awarded an outright cash payment of $725,000 as well as spousal support, child support, 5% of Elvis’ new publishing companies and half the income from the sale of their Beverly Hills home.

Rock history records that At the 20th annual Grammy awards the Eagles win Record of the Year for “Hotel California” and Best Arrangement for Voices for “New Kid in Town”. Rock history records that Fleetwood Mac win Album of the Year for “Rumours”. Rock history records that Song of the Year was tied between “Love Theme from A Star is Born” by Paul Williams And Barbra Streisand and Joe Brooks’ “You Light Up My Life.”

Rock history records that On the strength of their hit, “Sultans Of Swing”, England’s Dire Straits kick off their first US tour, selling out every one of their 51 scheduled shows.

Rock history records that Queen had Billboard’s top tune with “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, a song that Freddie Mercury later revealed came to him while he was taking a bath. Rock history records that The song remained at #1 in America for four consecutive weeks and was later awarded a Platinum record for sale of one million copies.

Rock history records that A collection of former studio musicians who call themselves Toto win Album Of The Year for “Toto IV” and Record Of The Year for “Rosanna”, at the 25th Grammy Awards. Willie Nelson’s “Always On My Mind” captures Song Of The Year and Marvin Gaye takes home his first two statues when “Sexual Healing” is named Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Instrumental Performance .

Rock history records that The L.A. Rock history records that quartet Autograph enter the Billboard Hot 100 with “Turn Up The Radio”, which will peak at #39. Rock history records that The single, taken from their Platinum selling album “Sign In Please”, was later featured in an episode of Miami Vice and numerous other films.

Rock history records that Roy Orbison ‘s voice was heard on two of the top albums in the US, two months after his death. Rock history records that His solo LP, “Mystery Girl” featured the hit “You Got It” and The Traveling Wilburys first album contained “Handle With Care” and “End of the Line”.

Rock history records that 50-year-old Isaac Hayes was jailed in Atlanta for failure to pay child support and alimony. He owed over $346,000 to one of his three ex-wives. Rock history records that Hayes told the judge he was financially strapped and had not been able to schedule enough live shows to make the amount of money he needed to meet the $2,500 monthly, court-ordered payments. Rock history records that Hayes called his incarceration, “harassment.”

Rock history records that US Senator Carol Moseley-Braun presides over a Judiciary Juvenile Justice Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, where the issue of the day is Rap lyrics. Dionne Warwick called it “pornography”, while others stated it is merely poetry. Rock history records that No one called it music.

Rock history records that Original Temptations singer Melvin Franklin died after suffering a seizure. Rock history records that He was only 52. His deep vocals went on to become one of the group’s signature trademarks and were heard most notably when he sang “and the band played on” from The Temps’ 1970 hit single, “Ball of Confusion”.

At the Grammy Awards, Santana ties Michael Jackson ‘s record of eight Grammys in one night, among them ones for Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Supernatural”. The single “Smooth” captures Song of the Year . Sting captures Best Pop Album for “Brand New Day”, Phil Collins captures Best Soundtrack for “Tarzan” and Jimi Hendrix captures his first Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video for “Band of Gypsys – Live at Fillmore East”. Rock history records that Elton John is honored with the Living Legend Award .

The Bee Gees made their final concert appearance when they played at the Love and Hope Ball in Miami Beach, Florida. Rock history records that Maurice Gibb would die unexpectedly on January 12th, 2003, at age 53, following a heart attack while awaiting emergency surgery to repair a strangulated intestine.

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel sang together for the first occasion in ten years as they receive a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement .

Rock history records that Ravi Shankar’s daughter Nora Jones was five-for-five at the Grammy Awards, as she took honors for Album of the Year , Record of the Year (for “Don’t Know Why”), Best New Artist , Best Pop Vocal Album , and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female (also for “Don’t Know Why”). Rock history records that Shankar is the man who taught Beatle George Harrison to play the sitar.

The News Of The World reported that Michael Jackson had undergone several painful operations to strip his body of dark skin until he made an appearance white. The article stated that he had so many treatments that surgeons at a Santa Monica clinic eventually declined to give him any more.

Howie Epstein, who played bass for Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers for 20 years and 12 albums, died aged 47.

Rock history records that Donnie Brooks, who sang the 1960 Billboard Top 40 hits “Mission Bell” and “Doll House”, died of congestive heart failure. Rock history records that He was 71.

A week after EMI Records revealed that the iconic Abbey Road Studios was for sale, the British culture ministry stepped in to declare the recording facility a historic site. The building “acts as a modern day monument to the history of recorded sound and music,” English Heritage chief executive Simon Thurley stated in a statement. With its new designation, changes can still be made to the villa’s interior, but “care must be taken to ensure that any alterations with respect to its character and interest are fully considered,” the government stated.

Johnny Cash’s posthumous album “American VI: Ain’t No Grave” was issued. Rock history records that Recorded in the final months of Cash’s life, the LP debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 54,000 copies in its first week. Rock history records that It also did well in the UK, entering the Official Albums Chart at #9, with first week sales of 62,000.

The family of Isaac Hayes revealed on social media that they had settled their lawsuit against Donald Trump and his campaign over the unauthorized use of the 1966, Billboard #21, Sam & Dave hit “Hold On, I’m Comin'”. Isaac Hayes III stated that his father’s estate was “satisfied with the outcome” after pursuing legal action over alleged copyright infringement.