Cliff Richard’s “Please Don’t Tease” was replaced at the top of the UK chart by “Apache,” an instrumental credited only to the Shadows. Cliff still appears on the recording, playing Chinese drum at the beginning and end.

Elvis Presley hosted the Beatles at his rented home on Perugia Way in Bel Air. Their four-hour meeting included an unrecorded jam session, while Colonel Tom Parker and Brian Epstein played pool nearby; John Lennon later recalled that Elvis was as impressive as expected, and Ringo said he was more thrilled to meet Elvis than Elvis was to meet him.

The Association’s “Cherish” entered the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 1 a month later. Though longer in reality, its label listed a three-minute running time so radio programmers would not reject it as too long. It later earned Gold status for sales above one million and was ranked BMI’s 22nd most-played song of the 20th century.

Bobby Hebb’s “Sunny,” which he wrote, became America’s best-selling single when it topped Cash Box and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its success led Hebb to tour the United States and Canada with the Beatles.

The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” peaked at No. 2 on the UK singles chart. Because US programmers might object to the word “God” in a pop title, Capitol put it on the B-side of “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” while Britain accepted it as an A-side.

Beatles manager Brian Epstein was found dead at his Belgravia home from an apparent drug overdose shortly before his 33rd birthday. The band was in Bangor, North Wales, attending a Maharishi Mahesh Yogi conference. His death was ruled accidental, and Epstein remained remembered as the manager who transformed the Beatles from a rough club act into the world’s most successful band.

Jimmy Buffett, 30, married his second wife, 26-year-old Jane Slagsvol. She had co-written “Something So Feminine About a Mandolin” and “Kick It In Second Wind.”

Robert Plant’s solo album “Pictures at Eleven” received Gold certification for 500,000 sales. It was his first recorded work after Led Zeppelin disbanded following John Bonham’s death.

Tina Turner received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star at 1750 North Vine Street near Capitol Records. As a solo artist, she would place 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1983 and 1993, including 1984’s No. 1 “What’s Love Got to Do with It.”

A Los Angeles radio station aired a bootleg preview of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” four days before release, getting around Epic Records’ security over the master tapes. The leak did not slow the album: advance orders had already exceeded 2.2 million.

George Michael’s “Monkey,” his fourth straight No. 1 from “Faith,” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and became his eighth US No. 1 of the 1980s, a total exceeded only by Michael Jackson.

Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart for one week. At the next year’s Grammys she won Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best New Artist, while “Fast Car,” which reached No. 6, won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35, died when a helicopter struck a man-made ski slope at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin, while flying through dense fog. Three members of Eric Clapton’s entourage also died. Vaughan’s “Family Style” later won the 1991 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album, and his sales were estimated above 15 million albums.

John Lennon’s handwritten “A Day in the Life” lyrics sold at Sotheby’s in London for $100,000 (£48,000). The double-sided manuscript included spelling mistakes and crossed-out words and was resold in 2010 for $1.2 million, just below the $1.25 million record for “All You Need Is Love” lyrics.

Janis Ian, whose first hit “Society’s Child” came when she was 16, married Patricia Snyder in Toronto. It was the second marriage for both, and Ian said she had no honeymoon planned because she was working on two upcoming albums.

Barry Manilow’s television special “Music and Passion” won the Emmy for Best Individual Variety Performance.

The Rolling Stones played Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium during the “A Bigger Bang” tour. Despite a notoriously rainy night in the Steel City, the weather did not dampen the crowd’s energy.

Mackenzie Phillips, daughter of Mamas and Papas member John Phillips and a former “One Day at a Time” actor, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of drug possession. She later pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and entered an 18-month drug-diversion and rehabilitation program.

Tom Jones’s representatives denied British reports that the 71-year-old singer had suffered a heart attack, saying he was dehydrated. He canceled that night’s Monaco concert, the planned finale of his demanding three-month “Praise & Blame” tour.

As “The Singer” was released, Art Garfunkel said his voice was recovering well enough for an autumn tour, his first major live dates since vocal-cord paresis sidelined him in 2010. The condition had also canceled a planned Simon and Garfunkel North American tour, though he remained open to reuniting.

US digital-song sales totaled 15.66 million in the previous week, the lowest weekly figure since December 2007’s 15.64 million. Concert ticket sales moved in the opposite direction, rising 5.6% across America during the year’s first eight months.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honored “Weird Al” Yankovic with a star at 6914 Hollywood Boulevard across from the TCL Chinese Theatre. He had four Gold and six Platinum records, five Grammys, and more than 12 million albums sold.