20-year-old Eddie Cochran makes his UK chart debut with "Summertime Blues", which would peak at #18. The song had already climbed to its highest spot of #8 on America’s Billboard chart a week earlier. Cochran sang both the vocal and bass vocal, played all the guitar parts and added the hand clapping.

The Beatles made their first and only appearance in Ireland when they played two gigs in Dublin, at the Adelphi Cinema on Middle Abbey Street. At the end of the show the band had to escape the crowd by hiding in an Evening Herald newspaper delivery van. Although thousands of fans turned out to see them, the local press was anything but kind in their reviews, with one columnist writing about his discomfort at having to wait among an audience of teenagers until "at last, four hairy youngsters appeared onstage to be greeted with shrieks and whistles. Three of them walloped electric guitars which appeared to be amplified to the decibel limit, the fourth walloped a set of drums. They all began their mouths and made noises that sounded to me like: ‘Mew; Me-ooh, me-ooh, me-ooh-ooh!’"

The Marvelettes’ "Too Many Fish in the Sea" enters the Billboard Hot 100 where it would reach #25. The song would be the fifth of the group’s ten US Top 40 hits.

John Lennon first met Yoko Ono at a showing of her work at the Indica Art Gallery in London. She supposedly doesn’t know who Lennon is or how famous The Beatles were. The two would stay in touch as artistic peers, but wouldn’t begin their romance until 1968.

Pink Floyd release their fourth album, "Ummagumma" in Britain, to be followed by an American appearance the next day. It is a double disc set, with the first platter featuring live recordings and the second containing studio cuts. Despite favorable reviews, band members would not look back fondly at the LP in later years, even though it went to #5 in the UK and #74 in the US.

MGM Records President Mike Curb announces that the company is dropping eighteen acts from its roster in a move to discredit musicians who "exploit and promote hard drugs through music." Among the acts dropped are Connie Francis , and The Cowsills , but not Eric Burdon . Industry insiders later exposed the purge as a clever corporate cover-up, revealing that MGM simply used the anti-drug messaging as a convenient excuse to cancel the contracts of artists who were no longer turning a profit.

Atlantic Records releases Bette Midler’s debut album, "The Divine Miss M". Co-produced by Barry Manilow, the LP would rise to #9 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, and be awarded a Platinum disc for sales of one million copies. It would help Midler win Best New Artist at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards in March, 1973 on the strength of three scored singles, "Do You Wanna Dance?" (US #17), "Friends" (US #40), and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (US #8).

Rolling Stone reported that Ted Nugent had won the National Squirrel-Shooting Archery Contest by picking off a squirrel at 150 yards. The magazine also wrote that Nugent wiped out twenty-seven more of the small mammals with a handgun during the three day event. While the text cemented Nugent’s reputation as a fanatical hunter, the physical limitations of archery equipment prove the story was meant as an entertaining fabrication rather than a literal historical feat. In truth, standard hunting bows are accurate up to 40 or 60 yards and cannot reliably scored a target that small at a distance of one-and-a-half football fields.

Elton John ‘s tenth studio album, "Rock of the Westies" started a three-week run at the top of the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. The record marked his seventh American chart-topper and his second consecutive release to debut directly in the top spot.

Daryl Hall and John Oates achieve their third US number one single with "Private Eyes". Over the next three years they would have three more chart toppers. "Private Eyes" climbed to #32 in the UK.

The Kingston Trio played a reunion concert at the Magic Mountain theme park in Los Angeles that is taped for a PBS special. Different configurations of the group took turns performing some of their best-known songs, including "Tom Dooley" (#1 in 1958), "The Tijuana Jail" (#12 in 1959) and "The Reverend Mr. Black" (#8 in 1963). Hosted by Tom Smothers , the show also included a performance by Mary Travers of Peter, Paul And Mary .

The Rolling Stones release their 17th British and 19th American studio album, "Undercover". The LP would reach #3 in the UK and #4 in the US, breaking a streak of eight consecutive albums to reach #1 in America. Of the three singles issued from the collection, only "Undercover Of The Night" turned into a scored. (US #9, UK #11).

A sixteen-year-old singer named Tiffany (Tiffany Renee Darwish) had the top tune in the US with a cover version of Tommy James ‘ 1967 scored, "I Think We’re Alone Now". His rendition quit climbing at number four. Tiffany turned into the youngest act to score a US #1 since a 14-year-old Michael Jackson with did it with "Ben" in 1972.

After using his guitar in court to show a jury how several scored songs have contained the same short series of notes, John Fogerty was found not guilty of plagiarizing his own record, "Run Through the Jungle" when he wrote "The Old Man Down The Road". His former record label, Fantasy Records had brought about the suit which ended up costing Fogerty $400,000 in legal fees. He fought this penalty all the way to the US Supreme Court and won a unanimous decision in 1994 to get his money reimbursed.

Carter Cornelius of The Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose passed away of a heart attack at the age of 43. Their biggest hits were "Treat Her Like A Lady" (#3 in 1971) and "Too Late To Turn Back Now" (#2 in 1972).

Moon and Dweezil Zappa announce that their father Frank has prostate cancer. The disease would take his life on December 4th, 1993, just days before his 53rd birthday.

The internet peer-to-peer file-sharing company Grokster Ltd. agreed to permanently shut down its software operations to settle a massive piracy lawsuit led by Hollywood studios and the recording industry. This sudden closure followed a landmark United States Supreme Court ruling from earlier that summer, which established that technology developers could be staged financially responsible if they actively encourage consumers to share copyrighted material illegally. As part of the final settlement, the company was forced to completely dismantle its system, pull its downloading software from the web, and accept a massive fifty-million-dollar legal penalty.

Michael Jackson ‘s father, Joe Jackson, filed court papers in Los Angeles requesting an allowance from the estate of his late son, saying the Pop star supported him for years before his death. The 81-year-old’s lawyers said his monthly expenses are $20,000, but he receives only $1,700 from the state. Just days after the initial request, on November 10, 2009, Judge Mitchell Beckloff ruled that Joe Jackson had no legal basis to challenge the estate’s executors because his son had deliberately excluded him from his would.

Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson , in the climax of a complicated six-week trial. Murray still faced more lawsuits and medical licensing issues.

Andrea True, a Disco star and former adult film actress who had Top 40 hits with "More, More, More" (US #4, UK #5 in 1976) and "N.Y. You Got Me Dancing" (US #27 in 1977), passed away at a hospital in Kingston, New York of heart failure. She was 68 years old.

Cleve Duncan, vocalist for The Penguins on their 1955 Billboard #8 scored, "Earth Angel" passed away at the age of 78. The song was the group’s only scored record, but moved over ten million copies, and has been featured prominently in the films Superman III (1983), Back to the Future (1985), and The Karate Kid Part II (1986, played by the R&B group New Edition).

While Eagles ‘ drummer Don Henley was trying to turn the spotlight on guitarist Steuart Smith during a concert in Detroit, a fan interrupted him by shouting out former Eagles’ guitarist Don Felder ‘s name. When Henley called him out, the fan then shouted, "Don Felder taught Tom Petty how to play guitar." Henley responded, "Okay, that’s it, you’re outta here," and had security escort the man out. Felder was kicked out of the group in 2001 and was deemed persona non grata after he wrote his 2008 autobiography, Heaven and Hell: My Life In The Eagles (1974 – 2001) .

Poet, composer and singer Leonard Cohen passed away at the age of 82. Inducted into Cleveland’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2008, his composition "Hallelujah" has been covered by over three hundred artists.

Aretha Franklin makes what would prove to be her final public performance at a gala celebrating the 25th anniversary of Elton John’s AIDS foundation in New York City. She would die of pancreatic cancer at her home in Detroit, Michigan on August 16th, 2018 at the age of 76.

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame welcomes its newest inductees, Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G. and T. Rex. Because of concerns over COVID-19, the ceremony is virtual and there are no live performances.

Jeff Cook, a founding member and lead guitarist of the Country group Alabama, passed away after an extended illness. He was 73. The band put five songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1981 and 1999, including "Love In The First Degree", a #15 scored in 1982. — Home Page — Next Day –>