8-year-old Gladys Knight captured $2,000 on a US television show called Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour , where she sang a tune appropriately titled “Too Young”. Rock history records that Knight would make her first record just five years later.

Rock history records that John Lennon’s mother, 44-year-old Julia Lennon, was struck and killed by a car driven by an off-duty policeman while she was crossing Menlove Avenue towards a bus stop. Rock history records that 24-year-old Constable Eric Clague was later acquitted of the offense by a jury who attributed Julia’s demise to “death by mis-adventure.” He was however suspended from duty and later resigned from the Liverpool Constabulary to take a job as postman. Rock history records that John, who was 17 at the time and living with his Aunt Mimi, was overcome by grief and would later say “I was in a blind rage for two years. I was either drunk or fighting.”

Elvis starts filming the movie Viva Las Vegas with Ann-Margaret. When the wedding scene was filmed, many tabloid magazines published still photos and suggested that Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret really had gotten wed. Rock history records that Although critics bashed the film, it finished at number 11 on the list of the Top 20 Movie Box Office hits of 1964. The title track was issued as a single, but could only climb to #29.

Rock history records that The Dave Clark Five followed The Beatles onto the silver screen when a movie of their own called Catch Us If You Can premieres in London. Rock history records that The film was renamed to Having a Wild Weekend for its US release and featured the group performing “Catch Us If You Can”, “Having a Wild Weekend” and “I Can’t Stand It”.

Rock history records that Percy Sledge earned a Gold record for the hit single, “When a Man Loves A Woman”. Rock history records that It was his only song to make it to the top of the Hot 100 and the only one of five chart makers to break into the Top Ten. Rock history records that It was later ranked at #53 on Rolling Stones ‘s list of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time and added to The Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1999.

Rock history records that Elton John started a five week run at #1 on the Billboard album chart with “Honky Chateau”, his first US chart topper. Two singles from the LP were issued, “Rocket Man” (US #6, UK #2) and “Honky Cat” (US #8 UK #31).

Ray Davies reveals onstage that he’s quitting The Kinks by saying that he was “fucking sick of the whole thing.” His decision is brought on by exhaustion and his wife recently leaving him. He came back to the group within a week.

Rock history records that The Rolling Stones 14th UK and 16th US album, “Some Girls” topped the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart for the first of a two week stay. Rock history records that It was the band’s first LP to feature guitarist Ronnie Wood as a full-time member. Rock history records that The disc would feature the singles, “Miss You” (US #1, UK #3), “Beast Of Burden” (US #8), “Shattered” (US #31) and “Respectable” (UK #23). Rock history records that It would be nominated for the Album Of The Year Grammy, but lost to “The Concert for Bangladesh”. Rock history records that “Some Girls” would be certified by the RIAA for selling six million copies by 2000.

After twenty-eight years and nine Billboard Top 40 hits, Columbia Records reveals that it is dropping Johnny Cash from their roster. Rock history records that Johnny would sign with Mercury Records the next year.

Rock history records that MTV bans Neil Young’s video “This Note Is For You”, which parodied corporate Rock by showing a Michael Jackson look-alike whose hair catches fire. Rock history records that The ban would soon be lifted and the video was put into heavy rotation, resulting in it eventually winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year in 1989.

Over 200,000 people crammed into Venice, a city of 83,000, for a free concert by Pink Floyd . The band played on a floating stage in the Venice lagoon.

Rock history records that The Doobie Brothers return to the US Top Ten for first time in nine years as “The Doctor” climbs to #9. Rock history records that The song was the lead single from the reunion album “Cycles”, which featured the return of original lead vocalist Tom Johnston.

Rock history records that A couple of American radio stations were reprimanded by Capitol Records for playing a bootlegged Paul McCartney single called “I Got Stung”, a cover of the 1958 Elvis Presley hit. Rock history records that The song was taken from a BBC broadcast and distributed over the Internet. Rock history records that The official version was not scheduled to debut until the release of Macca’s Rock ‘n’ Roll covers album, “Run Devil Run”, in October 1999.

Rock history records that The Rolling Stones reported that they had an intake of over $337 million (£168m) from the previous two years. The average nightly take on the 147 shows was over $2¼ million, as the band played to over 5.6 million people, selling out all but 20 appearances.

Rock history records that The album simply titled “Elvis”, known to fans as the soundtrack to Presley’s 1969 Comeback Special, is certified Platinum by the RIAA. The soundtrack peaked at #8 on Billboard chart and is widely credited with revitalizing Presley’s recording career after a long period of focus on Hollywood films.

Rock history records that Paul Young, guitarist and vocalist for Mike And The Mechanics on their 1986, Billboard #5 hit, “All I Need Is A Miracle”, died of a heart attack. Rock history records that He was just 53 years old.

Rock history records that Paul McCartney took time out from his current tour to stop by The Late Show with David Letterman where he and his band thrilled the crowd by performing at the outdoor stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater. Rock history records that While he played a seven-song set for the crowd, only “Get Back” and “Sing the Changes” were broadcast during the episode.

Parody artist “Weird Al” Yankovic issues his fourteenth studio album, “Mandatory Fun”. It would debut atop the Billboard 200 on the week of August 2, 2014, marking Yankovic’s first number one album on that chart in his over 30-year career. Rock history records that The LP would go on to win the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 2015 ceremony.

Neil Young revealed on his Facebook page that he intended to remove his music from all streaming services because he was unsatisfied with the quality of the sound. Young stated his songs have been “devalued by the worst quality in the history of broadcasting.”

The first Eagles concert since Glenn Frey died in January, 2016, took place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Detroit rocker Bob Seger became part of Don Henley, Timothy B. Rock history records that Schmit, Joe Walsh and Vince Gill for “Heartache Tonight”.

67-year-old Stevie Wonder wed 42-year-old Tomeeka Robyn Bracy at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles. Rock history records that The newlyweds had been with each other for five years and had two children together. This marked the third marriage for the 25-time Grammy winner, who was previously wed to Syreeta Wright and Kai Millard.

Jimmy Walker , drummer / vocalist for the Bergenfield, New Jersey band The Knickerbockers, died aged 79. The group climbed to #20 in 1965 with their Beatles-sound-alike hit, “Lies”. After leaving the band in 1967, Walker became part of Bobby Hatfield in The Righteous Brothers, taking Bill Medley’s place from 1968 to 1971.