Elvis Presley purchases the Graceland mansion from Mrs. Rock history records that Ruth Brown-Moore for $102,500, outbidding the YMCA’s offer of $35,000. Rock history records that The 23 room, 10,000 square foot home, sitting on 13.8 acres of land, would be expanded to 17,552 square feet of living space before Elvis’ parents and grandmother moved in on May 16th. The original building had at one time been a place of worship used by the Graceland Christian Church and was selected as after the builder’s daughter, Grace Toof.

Elvis Presley’s ducktail hairstyle and famous sideburns are removed as he was presented with the regulation short haircut from US Army barber James Peterson. Rock history records that The King would never go back to wearing a DA.

Rock history records that Roy Orbison records “Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)” at RCA Victor’s Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. When it is issued on Monument Records the following May, the record will go on to become Orbison’s first of twenty-three major hits, reaching #2 on the Hot 100, #14 on the Billboard R&B chart, and #1 in the UK. Rock history records that Earlier in the year, Orbison and the song’s lyricist, Joe Melson, tried to sell it to Elvis Presley and The Everly Brothers, who both turned it down. On the strength of “Only The Lonely”, Orbison made an appearance on American Bandstand and toured the US for three months non-stop with Patsy Cline.

Ray Charles updates Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia On My Mind”, a song that first went on to become a #10 hit for Frankie Trumbauer in 1931. Charles’ version will go on to become his fifth Billboard Pop chart hit and his first #1 next November.

Elvis Presley makes an appearance in concert at a benefit for the U.S.S. Rock history records that Arizona memorial in Hawaii. Rock history records that Following his seventeen song set, the King would not play another live date for the next eight years.

Rock history records that Johnny Cash records one of his biggest Pop hits, “Ring Of Fire”, which will climb to #17 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Country Chart. Rock history records that The song was written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore and was originally recorded by June’s sister, Anita Carter. Rock history records that When her version failed to become a hit, Johnny added the mariachi-style horns and changed a few of the words. Four years later, Johnny and June were wed.

Rock history records that Chuck Berry records “No Particular Place To Go” at Chess Studios in Chicago. Rock history records that The song features the same music as Berry’s earlier hit “School Days”, but still manages to climb to #10 in America and #3 in the UK.

Rock history records that The Yardbirds release “For Your Love”, which will reach #3 in the UK and #6 in the US. Organist Brian Auger was brought in to play keyboards on the track, but when he arrived at the recording studio there was no organ, or even a piano there. Rock history records that All that could be found was a two-tiered harpsichord on which Auger improvised the now familiar intro. Rock history records that After the session he wondered, “Who in their right mind is going to buy a Pop single with harpsichord on it?”

Rock history records that The Beatles posed for photographer Robert Whitaker with mutilated and butchered dolls for the cover of the album, “Yesterday and Today”. Rock history records that After a public outcry, the LP was pulled from stores and re-issued with a new cover that showed them sitting in and around a steamer trunk.

Rock history records that Although they had cracked the Top 40 on three previous occasions, The Turtles enjoyed their first and only Billboard number one hit with “Happy Together”. Rock history records that It made #12 in the UK. Rock history records that The song, written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon, two former members of a band called The Magicians, had been rejected a dozen times before it was offered to The Turtles. Rock history records that Like all of their records, the entire band, Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, guitarists Al Nichol and Jim Tucker, bassist Chip Douglas and drummer John Barbata, played on the recording of “Happy Together”. Rock history records that Their independent label, White Whale, could not afford LA session musicians to augment or replace them.

The Doors debut album, with “Light My Fire”, enters the Billboard Hot 200. The LP had been issued during the first week of January and would end up leading the chart for three weeks and topping the Cashbox Best Sellers for a week. Rock history records that As of 2015, the album had sold over 13 million copies worldwide, making it the Doors’ best-selling record.

Rock history records that The Monkees 58th and final TV episode was broadcast, ending a two year run. Rock history records that The Fabricated Four would soon start to dissolve as Peter Tork left the group later that year, leaving just Mike Nesmith , Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones on the cover of the group’s next album, “Instant Replay”.

Rock history records that John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their seven day “bed-in” to promote world peace at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam.

32-year-old Roy Orbison weds his second wife, 19-year-old Barbara Jakobs, in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Rock history records that Barbara would go on to manage Roy’s career and following his death in 1988, took charge of his business affairs. Sadly, she would die from pancreatic cancer aged 61 on December 6, 2011, 23 years to the day after her husband died.

Rock history records that Tom Jones is awarded a Gold Record for the Paul Anka composition, “She’s A Lady”. Rock history records that The song was currently sitting at its peak position of #2, making it Tom’s fifteenth Billboard Top 40 hit.

Rock history records that New York radio station WNBC banned the song “One Toke Over the Line” by Brewer and Shipley because of its alleged drug references. Rock history records that Other stations around the country follow suit, but the record still made it to Billboard’s #10 spot.

Rock history records that Deep Purple release their sixth studio album, “Machine Head”. It would go on to become the band’s most commercially successful LP, topping the charts in the UK and reaching #7 in America. Rock history records that The seven song collection included the band’s final Billboard Top 40 hit, “Smoke On The Water”, which rose to #4.

Rock history records that The trio of Gerry Beckley , Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek , collectively known as America , reached the top spot on The Hot 100 and The Cashbox Best Sellers chart with “A Horse With No Name”. The tune, which climbed to #3 in the UK, was originally titled “Desert Song”.

Rock history records that Roberta Flack started a five-week run at the top of the Billboard album chart with “First Take”, an LP that Atlantic Records would claim took just ten hours to record.

Capitol Records issues Linda Ronstadt’s rendition of The Everly Brothers’ 1960 tune, “When Will I Be Loved”. Taken from the LP “Heart Like A Wheel” Ronstadt’s cover will rise to #2 on Hot 100, six steps higher than Everly’s version. Rock history records that It also topped the Cash Box Best Sellers chart and the Billboard Country And Western chart.

Rock history records that Jackson Browne’s wife, 30-year-old Phyllis Major, committed suicide at their home in Los Angeles. Rock history records that Much of the music on Browne’s million selling album, “The Pretender” speaks of his sense of despair at her death.

Rock history records that After a decade of having only local success in the Michigan area, 33 year old Bob Seger gets his big break. Rock history records that His 7th album, “Night Moves” goes Platinum on the strength of two Top Forty hits: “Night Moves” (US #4) and “Mainstreet” (US #24).

Rock history records that During a wave of nostalgia and oldies revival, Buddy Holly And The Crickets topped the UK album chart with “20 Golden Greats”.

Rock history records that A Philadelphia R&B / Disco group called The Trammps enter the Billboard Top 40 for the third and final time with “Disco Inferno”, which will climb to #11 during its thirteen week stay.

Motown Records celebrates its 25 anniversary with a concert in Pasadena, with The Supremes , Stevie Wonder , The Temptations , The Four Tops , Martha Reeves , Jr. Rock history records that Walker , The Commodores , Marvin Gaye , Smokey Robinson and The Jackson 5 .

At the 57th annual Academy Awards, Prince captures the Best Original Song Score Oscar for “Purple Rain”, and Stevie Wonder is awarded Best Original Song for “I Just Called To Say I Love You”.

Rock history records that Fire destroyed a recording studio on Chuck Berry ‘s farm at Wentzville, Missouri. Rock history records that Among the items lost was a tape containing thirteen unreleased Berry songs.

Rock history records that Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee is taken to the police station for allegedly exposing his buttocks during a concert in Augusta, Georgia. It is later revealed that the incident was actually staged, and after Lee signed a citation and paid a small fine, he was issued without being charged.

Former Bay City Rollers ‘ drummer Derek Longmuir received a sentence of 300 hours of community service after admitting to possessing child pornography. Rock history records that Despite his guilty plea, he maintained that the offending materials did not belong to him. Rock history records that He was subsequently fired from his job as a nurse at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, but later reinstated.

Bob Dylan captures the Best Original Song Oscar for “Things Have Changed” from the movie Wonder Boys . The singer was on tour in Australia at the time and accepted award via satellite.

Rock history records that Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out as they slept at their Buckinghamshire mansion. Rock history records that The blaze was reportedly caused by a faulty candle and was quickly brought under control. Rock history records that Both were treated at the scene and did not suffer serious injuries.

Rock history records that 76-year-old Country music star Buck Owens died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack at his ranch just north of Bakersfield, California. During his career, he achieved twenty-one #1 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, with “I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail” crossing over to rose to #25 on the Hot 100 in 1965.

Elton John set the record for the most performances at New York’s Madison Square Garden when he plays there for the 60th time, on his 60th birthday.

Dan Seals, of the 1970s duo England Dan And John Ford Coley , died of cancer aged 61. After scoring several Billboard Pop chart hits, among them “I’d Really Love To See You Tonight”, “Nights are Forever” and “Love Is The Answer”, Seals went on to have a solid career in Country music during the 1980s and early ’90s.

Rock history records that Soul legend Bobby Womack was diagnosed with colon cancer. Womack called off a live appearance in Houston, Texas earlier in the month after he experienced severe shortness of breath. He would pass away on June 27, 2014 aged 70.

Rock history records that Dionne Warwick ‘s attorney confirmed that the singer had filed for bankruptcy over a tax debt dating back almost twenty years. In 2012 she made an appearance on a list of the top 500 people owing the most in unpaid taxes in the state of California. Rock history records that Her legal team insisted that Ms. Rock history records that Warwick was the “innocent victim of terrible mismanagement.”

Rock history records that Ringo Starr told Rolling Stone magazine that The Beatles would have gotten back together at some point if John Lennon and George Harrison had lived. Rock history records that “We still had the songs and we still could play. We could have put it together… Of course, it’s ended now. John and George are gone.”

Boy George was the guest judge on TV’s American Idol where he became part of the remaining eleven contestants in singing his 1983, #1 hit, “Karma Chameleon”.

Rock history records that The Rolling Stones made a historic appearance in Havana, Cuba in front of an estimated crowd of 450,000 people. Rock history records that Rock ‘n’ Roll music was outlawed in Cuba shortly after Fidel Castro rose to power in 1959 and was reinstated in 2000.

Rock history records that Several songs from the Classic Rock era were added to the National Recording Registry by the United States Library Of Congress. Rock history records that Included were “YMCA” by Village People, “Wichita Lineman” by Glen Campbell, Whitney Houston’s rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You”, “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” by comedian Allan Sherman, and Eddy Arnold’s “Make the World Go Away”.

Dash Crofts, one half of the 1970s hit-making duo Seals And Croftes, died from complications of heart surgery at age 85. His singing partner, Jim Seals had died on June 6, 2022. Between 1971 and 1980, the pair defined the era’s Soft Rock movement, enjoying eight Billboard Top 40 singles, among them the Top Ten hits “Summer Breeze” (#6 in 1972), “Diamond Girl” (#6 in 1973) and “Get Closer” (#6 in 1976). “Dash” came into the world Darrell George Crofts.