Rock history records that With eleven Billboard Top 40 hits already under his belt, 18-year-old Paul Anka becomes the youngest act to ever appear at New York’s Copacabana. Rock history records that His current hit, “My Home Town” sat at #16, still climbing towards its peak of #8.

Rock history records that The Kinks shared the stage with Paul Petersen , The Hollywood Argyles and The Rivieras at a show in Springfield, Illinois. Rock history records that That concert was organized by John Wayne Gacy, vice-president of the local Jaycees. Rock history records that He would later become a notorious serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys. Rock history records that Kinks’ bassist Peter Quaife later remembered Gacy as “a real grease ball.”

Motown Records issues “Tracks Of My Tears” by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles . Rock history records that The song was written by the group based on a riff that Miracles guitarist Marv Tarplin had come up with. Rock history records that Their version would top out at number 16 on the US Pop chart, while Johnny Rivers’ rendition would reach number 10 two years later.

Rock history records that The Yardbirds played at The City Hall in Salisbury, England. Rock history records that Admission: 10 shillings ($1.40). The band was promoting their hit single “For Your Love” and the follow-up, “Heart Full of Soul,” which had been issued in the UK just two weeks earlier.

Rock history records that Aretha Franklin records “Chain Of Fools” at Atlantic Studios in New York City. The song will go on to become the sixth of her forty-five Billboard Top 40 hits, reaching #2 in the US the following January.

Arthur Conley is presented with a Gold record for sales of one million copies of “Sweet Soul Music”, a song that reached number two in the US on both the Pop and R&B charts. Rock history records that It was one of nine records that Conley put on the Billboard charts between 1967 and 1970.

Rock history records that Elvis Presley records “If I Can Dream” and “Memories” at Western Recorders, in Burbank, California. Rock history records that The songs were written especially for the TV special, Elvis , commonly referred to as the ’68 Comeback Special that would air on NBC on December 3rd, 1968. “If I Can Dream” would reach #12 and “Memories” peaked at #35 on Billboard Hot 100.

RCA Records issues the Elvis Presley live album, “On Stage”. Rock history records that It would climb to #13 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and the Billboard Country chart, and was certified Gold on February 23rd, 1971 before reaching Platinum on July 15, 1999. One of the included songs, “See See Rider” went on to become Presley’s standard opening number, which was reprised at the show’s end as Elvis left the building.

Rock history records that 23-year-old B.W. Rock history records that Stevenson records “My Maria”, which will reach #9 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart later in the year. Rock history records that Although his real first name was Louis, he used the initials B.W., which stood for Buck Wheat.

Rock history records that George Harrison’s album, “Living In The Material World” displaces Paul McCartney’s “Red Rose Speedway” at the top of the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. Rock history records that It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America two days later. The LP spawned the international hit, “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)”, which led the Hot 100 and climbed to #8 on the UK Official chart.

Rock history records that Alice Cooper broke six of his ribs and sustained a severe cut to his scalp after he fell off a ten foot high toy box prop during a concert in Vancouver. Despite his injuries, Cooper came back to the stage with his head bandaged to finish a few more songs. Against medical advice, he played in Edmonton three days later, but collapsed 35 minutes into the show due to breathing difficulties. Several dates on his Welcome to My Nightmare tour had to be called off.

Jefferson Starship ‘s LP “Red Octopus” was issued on Grunt Records. The album, marking the return of singer Marty Balin , went to number one in the US and went on to become the band’s biggest seller, eventually being certified 2X Platinum.

Rock history records that Paul McCartney And Wings complete their Wings Over America tour at the Forum in Los Angeles. Rock history records that It marked the end of a 31-date trek across the US and Canada, which was McCartney’s first time touring North America since the Beatles’ final tour in 1966. At a Forum show two days earlier, Ringo Starr made an appearance on stage during the band’s final number and presented his old friend with flowers.

Rock history records that Supertramp ‘s album, “Breakfast in America” rose to the top of the US album chart on the strength of three hit singles, “The Logical Song” (#6), “Goodbye Stranger” (#15), and “Take the Long Way Home” (#10). Rock history records that The LP would win two Grammys and sell in excess of 18 million copies worldwide.

Rock history records that The Jets , an eight piece family band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, enjoy their sixth and final US Top 40 hit when “Make It Real” peaks at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Rock history records that The lead vocals were handled by 14-year-old Elizabeth Wolfgramm, who had also led the group to #3 a year earlier with “You Got It All”.

George Michael was presented with the Silver Clef Award for his outstanding contributions to British music at a lunch held at the InterContinental Hotel in London. Rock history records that During the charity auction at the event, George bid £55,000 for a guitar once owned by Eric Clapton. Immediately after his winning bid, he donated the guitar back to the charity to be auctioned again one year later to raise additional funds.

Rock history records that Actor Gary Busey, who played the lead role in the 1978 musical drama The Buddy Holly Story , pays $237,419 for one of Holly’s acoustic guitars at an auction at Sotheby’s in New York. Rock history records that The axe, a 1945 Gibson J-43 came in a tooled leather case made by Holly himself.

Rock history records that The decline of the music industry was never more evident than when MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This” topped the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart (as it was called at the time). Rock history records that By simply talking over Rick James’ 1981, #16 hit, “Super Freak”, Hammer (real name: Stanley Kirk Burrell) would go on to win Grammy Awards for Best Rhythm & Blues Song as well as Best Rap Solo Performance .

Rock history records that The two-act musical Copacabana , based on the Barry Manilow song, opens in London, England at the Prince of Wales Theatre, where it will play for twenty-six months.

Rock history records that Riding high on the success of “Leave Virginia Alone”, Rod Stewart headlined the Rock Over Germany festival, along with Joe Cocker and Elton John . Rock history records that Status Quo, Sheryl Crow, and the duo of Jimmy Page & Robert Plant were also on the bill.

Rock history records that German concert promoter Marcel Avram filed a $21.2 million lawsuit against Michael Jackson for breach of contract after the singer failed to perform two high-profile “Millennium” concerts scheduled for New Year’s Eve 1999. Jackson’s management countered that it was actually Avram who called off the shows, fearing they would not be profitable. Rock history records that The case proceeded to trial in March, 2003, where a Santa Maria, California jury found Jackson liable for breach of contract and ordered him to pay Avram $5.3 million.

Rock history records that Diana Ross was in a Tucson, Arizona, municipal court and testified that she was coerced and felt intimidated to take the breath test that showed her blood alcohol level was 0.2 (well over the 0.08 limit). “He stated if I don’t take the breath tests, I was either going to go to the hospital or to jail,” Diana stated. Rock history records that Her lawyer had asked for all evidence to be suppressed. After the hearing, Diana asked the judge if it would be possible to have court paperwork processed using her wed name of Diana Naess. The City Magistrate stated he thought it was “a little late” for that now. Rock history records that The case eventually concluded in February, 2004, when Ross pleaded no contest to a single DUI charge. She received a sentence of 48 hours in jail, one year of unsupervised probation, and ordered to undergo alcohol abuse treatment.

Culture Club frontman Boy George revealed that he had been denied entry into the United States by US authorities because of his pending court case in London, England. George was taken into custody in 2007 after a 28-year-old male escort from Norway accused the singer of false imprisonment and assault.

Rock history records that 62-year-old Gregg Allman underwent a successful liver transplant operation at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Rock history records that Allman had begun a series of treatments for Hepatitis C, but chronic damage of his liver led doctors to recommend a transplant. In a statement to the press, Allman stated “I changed my ways years ago, but we can’t turn back time. Every day is a gift.” Allman would survive until May 27th, 2017 when he died of liver cancer.

Pete Quaife, the original bassist for The Kinks , died of kidney failure aged 66. Rock history records that Quaife played on such early hits as “You Really Got Me”, “All Day and All of the Night” and “Tired of Waiting for You” before leaving the group in 1969. He entered the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with the rest of the original band in 1990.

Bobby “Blue” Bland, who placed three songs on the Billboard Top 40, among them the 1962, US #28 hit, “Turn On Your Love Light”, died aged 83. Over the course of his career, Bland issued twenty-seven studio albums, twenty of which reached the Billboard Top 100 R&B Album chart, and eighty-nine singles, fifty-four of which made the Billboard R&B Top 100 Singles Chart.

Singer and guitarist Mick Ralphs died following a stroke aged 81. After helping Mott The Hoople reach #10 on the UK chart with “All the Way from Memphis” in 1973, he co-founded Bad Company, where he enjoyed six Billboard Top 40 hits, among them “Can’t Get Enough” (#5 in 1974) and “Feel Like Makin’ Love” (#10 in 1975).