Screamin’ Jay Hawkins re-recorded “I Put a Spell on You” for Columbia’s Okeh label. The outrageous performance later sold more than a million copies and became one of the songs recognized as shaping rock and roll.

Manfred Mann’s “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” entered the Billboard Top 40 and later reached No. 1.

The Monkees television series premiered on NBC, built around the madcap style of The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night.

The Rolling Stones released Through the Past, Darkly. It reached No. 2 in both the United States and Britain and later went Platinum in America.

Pink Floyd issued Wish You Were Here, much of it a tribute to former member Syd Barrett. The album topped the charts in Britain and America.

Thin Lizzy released Fighting, their first album to chart in Britain.

David Bowie released Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), which reached No. 1 in Britain and No. 12 in America.

Michael Jackson’s Bad debuted at No. 1 in Britain as he began his first solo world tour in Yokohama, Japan.

Johnny Cash died at 71. The Man in Black was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and recorded landmark live albums at Folsom and San Quentin prisons.

Surviving Led Zeppelin members announced a one-night reunion at London’s O2 Arena to honor Ahmet Ertegun; more than 20 million people sought tickets.