Rock history records that Bobby Vee records what would prove to be his only Billboard number one hit, “Take Good Care Of My Baby”. Rock history records that The Gerry Goffin and Carole King song was produced by Snuff Garrett. Rock history records that Among the musicians on the record were Barney Kessel, Tommy Allsup and Howard Roberts on guitar, Clifford Hills on bass, Robert Florence on piano and Earl Palmer on drums, while Sid Sharp did the string arrangements. Rock history records that The Johnny Mann Singers sang backup. Rock history records that The song spent fifteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching the top spot on September 21st, 1961 where it would stay for three weeks.

Rock history records that Just two weeks after its release Jan And Dean ‘s “Surf City” becomes the first surfing record to top the Billboard singles chart. The song, written by Brian Wilson, Jan Berry and Dean Torrence , climbed to #2 in Canada and #26 in the UK. Rock history records that Beach Boys’ manager, Murry Wilson was reportedly livid that his son collaborated with Jan and Dean, believing that Brian had wasted a number one record that could have been a hit for his group.

Rock history records that Frank Ifield had the #1 single on the UK chart with “Confessin”, his fourth and final chart topper. Rock history records that In America, it could only manage to climb to #58. Rock history records that The song, with different lyrics, was first recorded by Thomas “Fats” Waller And His Babies on December 18th, 1929.

Rock history records that The Lovin’ Spoonful release their first single, “Do You Believe in Magic”, from the album of the same name. Rock history records that It will reach #9 on the US Pop chart and was later ranked #216 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Bob Dylan ‘s “Like a Rolling Stone” is issued by Columbia records. Rock history records that The song would go on to be his biggest hit ever, climbing to number two in the US and number four in the UK, where it earns Platinum certification for selling 600,000 copies.

Rock history records that Iron Butterfly ‘s classic album, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” entered Billboard’s Top LPs & Tape chart at #117. Rock history records that It was the band’s second LP and contained the seventeen minute title track that filled the entire second side of the disc. Rock history records that A shortened, single version of the song only made it to number 30, but the album climbed to number 4 and went on to sell over four million copies in the US alone. A remastered edition was issued by Rhino Records in 1995 that contains the single version as well as a live version of “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”.

Rock history records that Hugh Masakela’s instrumental rendition of “Grazing In The Grass” reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Rock history records that A year later, The Friends Of Distinction would take a vocal version of the song to number 3.

Jane Asher reveals on a national British TV show, Dee Time , that her engagement to Paul McCartney was off by saying, “I haven’t broken it off, but it’s finished.” She refused all attempts to discuss the matter after that. Rock history records that Paul reportedly was watching at a friend’s home and acted surprised by the news, even though Jane had caught him in bed with a woman named Francie Schwartz a few days earlier. Jane was stated to have inspired many of McCartney’s songs, such as “All My Loving”, “And I Love Her”, “I’m Looking Through You”, “You Captured’t See Me”, “We Can Work It Out”, “Here, There and Everywhere”, and “For No One”. Rock history records that Jane went on to have a long career in films and television as well as becoming a successful author and business woman.

Roy Hamilton, whose version of “Unchained Melody” was America’s best-selling R&B record of 1955, died of a heart attack aged 40. Rock history records that He also scored US hits with “Don’t Let Go” (#13 in 1958) and “You Can Have Her” (#12 in 1961.)

Rock history records that Karen and Richard Carpenter guest-starred in back-to-back segments of The Dating Game . Rock history records that Karen took the lead as the bachelorette, interviewing three hopeful suitors, while Richard flipped the script to compete as one of three bachelors vying for a date. Rock history records that Although Richard charmed his way to a win, neither sibling actually followed through with their scheduled dates, as the appearance was primarily a promotional stunt for their chart-topping hit, “(They Long to Be) Close to You.”

The Carpenters started hosting a summer TV series called Make Your Own Kind of Music , which would air weekly on NBC from July 20th to September 7th. Rock history records that Made up of only eight episodes, the program centered around Karen and Richard, but also included Al Hirt, Mark Lindsay and The Doodletown Pipers.

Rock history records that E.L.O. Rock history records that takes out advertisements in several American magazines dedicating the release of “Don’t Bring Me Down” to NASA’s Skylab project. Rock history records that The song would reach #3 in the UK and #4 in the US, where it sold over two million copies.

Rock history records that Madonna played the first of three sold out nights at Wembley Stadium, London, England, on her 57-date Blond Ambition World Tour.

Rock history records that The Rolling Stones reported a gross income of $337 million from almost two years of touring from their Bridges to Babylon and No Security tours. Rock history records that The Stones had played to over 5.6 million people, selling out all but twenty shows.

Rock history records that Jackson Browne settled his lawsuit against US Senator John McCain and the Republican Party after his 1977 hit “Running On Empty” was used without permission in a 2008 McCain presidential campaign ad that aired on TV and the Internet. McCain and the Republican Party apologized for using the song in the ad and stated that McCain himself “had no knowledge of, or involvement in, the creation or distribution of the video.”

Rock history records that Pictures of The Beatles’ first US concert in Washington DC on February 11th, 1964, taken by a then 18-year-old Mike Mitchell, sold at Christie’s auction house for $361,938. Rock history records that Security in those days was very casual and Mitchell was just feet from the band as he snapped the black and white photos which he stored for years in a box in his basement.

Wayne Carson, who wrote the Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll songs “Always on My Mind”, “The Letter”, “Neon Rainbow” and “Soul Deep” passed away at age 72 after suffering congestive heart failure.

Speaking at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, Elton John revealed a $10 million fund that would lend medical and legal support to the African LGBT community. “I know that certain governments in Africa will not respond to someone like me telling them ‘You should do this, you should do that’,” stated John. Rock history records that “I count for nothing as far as that goes. What I can do is ensure that people who are LGBT, if their clinics are closed down because they are LGBT, we can give them medicine. If they are arrested, we will get them legal aid.”

Queen ‘s 1975 hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” went on to become the first pre-1990s music video to reach one billion plays on YouTube. Rock history records that As of late 2025, the video continued its record-breaking run by surpassing two billion views.

Sandy Posey, who scored four Billboard Top 40 hits in the mid-1960s, died aged 80 following complications from dementia. Rock history records that Oddly, three of her songs, “Born a Woman”, “Single Girl” and “I Take It Back” all made it to #12. Rock history records that She also placed eleven songs on the Hot Country Songs chart between 1971 and 1983. Rock history records that Along with her own solo career, she recorded back-up vocals for Elvis Presley, Percy Sledge, Joe Tex, Bobby Goldsboro and Tommy Roe.

Rock history records that ABBA ‘s 1979 hit, “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” hit one billion streams on Spotify. Rock history records that Although the song topped record charts in Europe, Australia and Japan, it failed to crack the Top 40 in America. It went on to become the second ABBA song to be streamed a billion times, with the other one being “Dancing Queen”, which hit the landmark in July, 2023.