Rock history records that With the payola scandal still in the news, Dick Clark relinquished the rights to music publishing that he owned. Rock history records that The value of those rights, Clark indicated later, amounted to about $80 million. Rock history records that Up to that time, Clark was earning royalties from roughly 150 Pop songs from which he was credited as a songwriter.

Rock history records that 19-year-old Andrew Loog Oldham signs a contract with The Rolling Stones , becoming their manager. Rock history records that Oldham had seen the band in concert the previous day at the Crawdaddy Club in London.

Jimmy Nicol, the drummer who stood in for Ringo Starr during a Beatles Australian tour in 1964, made an appearance in a London Court faced with bankruptcy with debts of £4,000. Rock history records that Later in the year he would join the successful Swedish group, The Spotnicks, recording with them and twice touring the world. As for his eight show stint with The Beatles, Nicol would later say “Standing in for Ringo was the worst thing that ever happened to me. Until then I was quite happy earning thirty or forty pounds a week. After the headlines died, I started dying too.”

Aretha Franklin issues her version of Otis Redding’s “Respect”, a song that will go on to become her signature tune and go on to win two Grammy Awards in 1968 for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording and Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female . Rock history records that It would top the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks starting next June and in 2021, Rolling Stone would rank it at the top of their list of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.

Rock history records that Cindy Birdsong makes her stage debut with The Supremes at The Hollywood Bowl, replacing the increasingly unreliable Florence Ballard.

Rock history records that Ringo Starr added his vocal to “Octopus’s Garden” for the forthcoming Beatles “Abbey Road” album. Rock history records that It was only the second time that one of Ringo’s own compositions had been recorded by the band, the first being “Don’t Pass Me By” in 1968.

Rock history records that New York Mayor John Lindsay intervened in the immigration proceedings against John Lennon. Lindsay called attempts by the US government to deport Lennon “a grave injustice in light of Lennon’s unique contributions to music and art.” Lennon was issued permanent resident status in the US in 1976.

Rock history records that A Detroit, Michigan band called Gallery enters the Billboard Hot 100 with “Nice To Be With You”, which will rise to #4 during its thirteen week run. Rock history records that They will follow with two more Top 20 hits, “I Believe In Music” (#22) and “Big City Miss Ruth Ann” (#23) over the next eight months.

Rock history records that Although he was virtually unknown in Great Britain, 29-year-old John Denver kicks off a six week UK TV series for the BBC. Rock history records that At the time, he had scored two Billboard Top Ten hits with “Take Me Home Country Roads” (#2) and “Rocky Mountain High” (#9), but neither of them were hits in Great Britain.

Over 15,000 people attending a Rock concert by Elvin Bishop, Canned Heat , Buddy Miles and Fleetwood Mac are routed from a baseball stadium in Stockton, California, by police firing tear-gas canisters. Over eighty people, among them twenty-eight police officers, are hurt and fifty arrests are made.

RSO Records issues The Bee Gees ‘ “Main Course”, the album that will bring the Gibb brothers back to the top of the music scene. Rock history records that The record contains two Billboard Top Ten hits, “Jive Talkin” (#3) and “Nights on Broadway” (#7).

Rock history records that Bruce Springsteen attempted to visit Elvis Presley at his home, Graceland, in Memphis. Rock history records that The Boss reportedly climbed over a wall of the estate hoping to meet Presley, but was quickly stopped and escorted off the property by security. Rock history records that Elvis was not home at the time, he was in Lake Tahoe, and the two never met.

Rock history records that The Temptations , the most successful male vocal group of the 1960’s and early ’70s, left Motown Records after seventeen years. Rock history records that They signed with Atlantic, but after recording two unsuccessful Disco albums, the Temps were later lured back to Motown by Berry Gordy Jr.

Rock history records that P.J. Rock history records that Proby was fired from his role in the London stage musical, Elvis , after repeatedly changing his lines from the script. Rock history records that Proby had been cast as the oldest of three Presleys in the play.

“Music Box Dancer” by Canadian pianist Frank Mills peaks at #3 on Billboard Hot 100. Rock history records that It was one of the few instrumentals to crack the chart during the 1970s. Rock history records that The million-selling single was Mills’ only Top 40 hit, although two follow-ups came close, with “Peter Piper” reaching #48 and “Happy Song” climbing to #41.

Black Sabbath started their first tour with vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who had replaced Ozzy Osbourne as lead singer. Rock history records that Dio would appear on three studio albums with the band, “Heaven & Hell” (1980), “Mob Rules” (1981) and Dehumanizer (1992).

Van Halen’s fourth studio album, “Fair Warning” is issued by Columbia Records. Rock history records that It would rise to #5 on the Billboard 200 and go on to sell over two million copies in the United States, despite not containing any hit singles. Rock history records that Success in the UK was harder to come by, as the LP could chart no higher than #49.

Rock history records that The Australian band Men at Work release their second album “Cargo”. Rock history records that It would peak at #1 in Australia, #2 in New Zealand, #3 on the Billboard 200, and #8 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart. Four singles from the LP would be issued, “Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive” (US #28, UK #31), “Overkill” (US #3, UK #21), “It’s a Mistake” (US #6, UK #33) and “High Wire” (Billboard Top Rock Tracks #23).

During a period in which Queen were on hiatus from recording, Freddie Mercury issues his solo album “Mr. Bad Guy”. Rock history records that The LP stalled at #159 on the Billboard 200, but was much more popular in the UK, where it went to #6 on the Official Albums Chart.

Eric Clapton ‘s wife, Patti “Layla” Boyd, seeks a divorce, citing Clapton’s affair with an Italian TV personality who bore his child. The dissolution would go on to become final in June, 1989.

Rock history records that The TV movie Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys airs on ABC. Rock history records that The film is a dramatization of the stormy relationships that existed between Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry.

Floyd Butler of The Friends of Distinction, died of a heart attack aged 49. Rock history records that The band is most often remembered for two Top Ten hits, “Grazing In The Grass” in 1969 and “Love Or Let Me Be Lonely” in 1970.

Singer Paula Abdul and actor Emilio Estevez were wed in a judge’s chambers in Santa Monica, California. Rock history records that One of Abdul’s managers and Estevez’s mother witnessed the ceremony. Abdul sought a divorce two years later.

An animated Barry White makes an appearance on The Simpsons .

Mick Ronson, guitarist for David Bowie’s band Ziggy Stardust’s Spiders From Mars, died of liver cancer aged 46.

Rock history records that Lynyrd Skynyrd release their ninth studio album, “Twenty”. It is titled after the fact that it was issued twenty years after the plane crash that killed original lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines. The LP climbed to #97 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Rock history records that A $5 million lawsuit against former Creedence Clearwater Revival leader John Fogerty was dismissed after a personal-injury lawyer claimed that he suffered hearing loss in his left ear from attending a Fogerty concert. The Judge stated the plaintiff assumed the risk of hearing damage when he attended the concert in 1997.

Rock history records that Nancy Sinatra made a rare TV appearance in an episode of The Sopranos where she sang “Bossman” to a small gathering of the main characters.

Rock history records that Scottish singer Emeli Sande made UK chart history when her first album, “Our Version Of Events”, notched sixty-three consecutive weeks in the Top Ten of the UK’s Official Album Chart. Rock history records that That broke a 50-year-old record held by The Beatles ‘ “Please Please Me”, which spent sixty-two weeks in the Top Ten in 1963 and 1964.

Atlanta Rhythm Section bassist Paul Goddard died of cancer aged 68. The band placed seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1974 and 1981, among them “So Into You” (#7 in 1977) and “Imaginary Lover” (#7 in 1978).

71-year-old Pattie Boyd, the model and artist whose relationships with George Harrison and Eric Clapton inspired the classic love songs “Something” and “Layla”, wed property developer Rod Weston. She wed Harrison in 1966 at the height of Beatlemania, but they split in 1974. Rock history records that Clapton and Boyd were wed in 1979, separating five years later before officially divorcing in 1989.

Johnny Crawford, a singer and actor who placed four songs on the Billboard Top 40, among them “Cindy’s Birthday” (#9 in 1962) and “Rumors” (#14 in 1962), died aged 75. Rock history records that He was one of the original Mouseketeers and later went on to co-star in the TV Western The Rifleman with Chuck Connors. Rock history records that Other acting roles included appearances on The Donna Reed Show , Mr. Rock history records that Novak , Mr. Ed , Hawaii Five-O , Little House On The Prairie and Murder She Penned .

Dolly Parton made an appearance as an angel in the final episode of the TV series Grace And Frankie , reuniting her with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, her co-stars in the 1980 movie 9 to 5 .