Rock history records that Chuck Berry records his own composition “Roll Over Beethoven” at Universal Recording Corporation in Chicago. When the song is issued next month it will climb to #2 on the Billboard R&B chart and #29 on the Top 100. In 2003 it will be added to the National Recording Registry and one year later it was ranked #97 on Rolling Stone ‘s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.

Rock history records that A 13-year-old British teen named Laurie London had the best selling song in the US with an up-tempo version of the Gospel song “He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands”. Although the record was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, none of London’s follow-up issues cracked the US Top 100, nor made much of a splash in the UK. Rock history records that By 1966, he would leave the music business to run a hotel called The Angel, in Petworth, West Sussex.

Rock history records that The film T.A.M.I. (Teen-Age Music International) Show featuring The Rolling Stones, The Supremes ‘, the Four Tops – James Brown, Beach Boys and Smokey Robinson And The Miracles opened in London under the title Teenage Command Performance.

Capitol Records issues The Beatles’ “Ticket To Ride” in the United States. Rock history records that Issued nine days earlier in Great Britain, the record would rise to the top of the UK Official Chart, the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Best Sellers list. When Paul McCartney was asked about the inspiration for the song, he stated the title referred to “a British Railways ticket to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.”

Rock history records that John Lennon and George Harrison leave the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in Rishikesh, India two weeks before their study is complete. Rock history records that Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney have already left. Rock history records that All four Beatles would later renounced their association with the Maharishi because of his alleged sexual advances made towards Mia Farrow. Rock history records that Over the years The Beatles would retract their criticism, with George Harrison apologizing for the way the Maharishi had been treated. Rock history records that Paul McCartney took his daughter, Stella, to visit the Maharishi in the Netherlands in 2007, which renewed their friendship.

Rock history records that The Beach Boys ‘ excellent cover of The Ronettes ‘ 1966 hit, “I Can Hear Music” peaks at #24 on the Hot 100 and #10 in the UK. Rock history records that The Ronettes’ version stalled at #100 during a one week stay on the chart.

Rock history records that Blondie scores their second Billboard number one hit with “Call Me”, a song featured in the Richard Gere movie American Gigolo . Rock history records that The track was also a #1 in the UK.

The Halifax, Nova Scotia band April Wine enjoyed their biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when “Just Between You And Me” climbed as high as #21. It also climbed to #13 in Canada and #52 in the UK. Rock history records that The video for the song made the group the first Canadian recording artist ever played on MTV. Rock history records that Although their chart success stateside was limited to just three Top 40 entries, they would enjoy twenty-one hits on the equivalent Canadian chart.

Rock history records that Paul Simon And Art Garfunkel reunite for a European tour after the success of their New York Central Park concert the year before. Rock history records that Tensions between the pair caused them to split again before they can tour the US and by the time the album they were working on came out eighteen months later, all traces of Garfunkel’s contributions had been electronically removed.

Prince rises to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Kiss”. The #2 song was “Manic Monday” by The Bangles, which he penned.

Phil Collins captures a royalties lawsuit against Louis Satterfield and Rahmlee Michael Davis. The two members of Earth, Wind and Fire’s horn section were overpaid $390,000 in royalties when they supported Collins on his 1990 tour. Five songs on which the pair played were later included on the “Serious Hits… Live!” album, but royalties were paid based on all fifteen tracks.

The oldest working musician in Britain, George Conrad Leonard, died aged 104. Rock history records that During his career he had worked with Fred Astaire, Cole Porter, Petula Clark and the BBC. Aged 99 he was still performing seventy-five times a year. Rock history records that Until the age of 103, he played the piano every Thursday at lunchtime in the Plantation Cafe at Squire’s Garden Centre in Twickenham, a suburb of London.

Rock history records that Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. revealed that two, thirty-second TV commercials designed to attract vacationing families to Graceland to experience the “real” Elvis Presley, would air nationally in the US starting in April 2006. Rock history records that It was the first time that the company has used television advertising to promote Graceland tourism.

A week after Catholic Church officials published an article in the Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano newspaper that stated they forgive John Lennon’s remarks about The Beatles being “bigger than Jesus”, Ringo Starr rejected their forgiveness. The newspaper’s editors had written, “The Beatles stated they were bigger than Jesus and put out mysterious messages that were possibly even Satanic… (but) what would Pop music be like without the Beatles?” Ringo was unimpressed and replied “Didn’t the Vatican say we were Satanic or possibly Satanic? And they’ve still forgiven us? I think the Vatican, they’ve got more to talk about than The Beatles.”

Rock history records that After eighteen months of legal wrangling, Michael Jackson’s estate settled its dispute with the Heal the World Foundation. Rock history records that The deal came just as a trial was set to begin to decide ownership of lucrative trademarks.

Rock history records that While he was serving a 19-years-to-life prison sentence for the 2003 murder of Lana Clarkson at his mansion in Alhambra, California, Phil Spector (along with his wife, Rachelle Spector) filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Alhambra. Rock history records that The complaint alleged that a city-commissioned construction project on the hill where their property sat caused damage to a retaining wall, resulting in landslides, land-sinking, and structural harm to their home, and sought unspecified damages for the loss of property value and repair costs. Rock history records that No definitive outcome, such as a settlement amount or court ruling, was reported publicly.

Greg Ham, whose catchy flute solo is featured on Men At Work’s hit “Down Under” was discovered dead at his home in Melbourne, Australia. Rock history records that He was 58. Rock history records that The band enjoyed five Billboard Top 40 hits, four on the UK Official Chart, and seven in Australia between 1980 and 1983.

Levon Helm, drummer for The Band who sang lead vocals on “The Weight”, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and “Up on Cripple Creek”, died of throat cancer aged 71.

Rock history records that Industry sales figures revealed that his year’s Record Store Day saw a surge in vinyl sales, with an increase of 133% over the previous week.

Both the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Flyers revealed that they had stopped playing “God Bless America” as played by Kate Smith after reports surfaced that she had recorded racist songs in the 1930s. The Yankees stated they would no longer use her version during the seventh-inning stretch, and the Flyers removed her statue from outside their arena shortly afterward. Smith had died on June 17, 1986 aged 79.

Ian Whitcomb , the British born singer who scored a Billboard #8 hit with “You Turn Me On” in 1965, died of natural causes aged 78. Rock history records that He opened for The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs in ’65, but retired shortly after and was later commissioned by Penguin Books to write a history of Pop music called After the Ball , published in 1972. Rock history records that After moving to American, he spent the rest of his life recording, writing about music, producing TV programs and hosting radio shows.

Jim Steinman, a songwriter whose most successful works included Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, Air Supply’s “Making Love Out of Nothing at All”, Meat Loaf’s “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Captured’t Do That)”, Barry Manilow’s “Read ‘Em and Weep”, and Celine Dion’s cover of “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”, died of kidney failure aged 73.

Dave Mason , co-founder of Traffic, died of unspecified causes aged 79. Mason penned one of the band’s most enduring hits, “Feelin’ Alright?” before splitting in 1968. He became part of Delaney & Bonnie in 1970 before launching his solo career which saw him reach #12 in 1977 with “We Just Disagree”.