1960: One of the Top Instrumentals of the Rock Era*, "Because They're Young" from Duane Eddy was the biggest mover of the week, jumping up from 85 to 42.
1964: "Love Me Do" gave the Beatles their fourth #1 song of the year. "Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups was runner-up, followed by the former #1 "My Guy" from Mary Wells.
1966: The Beatles released the single "Paperback Writer".
1966: Dolly Parton married Carl Dean in Catoosa County, Georgia.
1966: The Doors were at the Hullabaloo in West Hollywood, California.
1966: The Who were in concert at the Sincil Bank Football Ground in Lincoln, England.
1966: Jefferson Airplane performed in San Francisco, California at a benefit for the Haight-Ashbury Legal Organization.
1968: The Beatles began to record the White Album, recording "Revolution" on this date.
1969: Led Zeppelin appeared at the Fillmore East in New York City.
1970: The Moments had the #1 R& song for the third week with "Love On a Two-Way Street".
1970: The Temptations had a huge mover on the chart. "Ball Of Confusion" shot up from 80 to 41 on this date.
1970: Ray Stevens had the surprise new #1--"Everything Is Beautiful", finally unseating one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*--"American Woman" by the Guess Who.
1972: Roxy Music got their first big gig at the Great Western Express Festival in England.
1977: The Commodores released the single "Easy".
1977: Elvis Presley performed at the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville in what would turn out to be his last Florida concert.
1978: Led Zeppelin began recording the great album In Through the Out Door.
1980: The Temptations hosted The Midnight Special with guests Firefall and Robbie Dupree.
1980: Carl Radle, bassist of Derek & the Dominos, died of a kidney ailment at the age of 37.
1981: Kim Carnes had her first and only Top 10 album with Mistaken Identity.
1981: Marty Balin was the voice behind the great songs of Jefferson Starship, and on his first solo effort, he had the week's fastest-rising song, moving from 86 to 62 with the great "Hearts".
1981: Kim Carnes had an absolute smash, and "Bette Davis Eyes" posted a third week at #1. Smokey Robinson was right behind with "Being With You" while the "Stars On 45" medley was third.
1981: Champaign reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with the great song "How 'Bout Us".
1983: Stevie Nicks, the Pretenders, U2, David Bowie, Quarterflash, Joe Walsh, Berlin, Missing Persons and Los Lobos performed at the US Festival at the Blockbuster Pavilion in San Bernardino, California.
1987: "Head To Toe" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam was the new #1 on the R&B chart.
DeBurgh slowed it down for a big hit...
1987: The classic "With Or Without You" by U2 was #1 for a third week, holding off Kim Wilde's cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On". Chris DeBurgh was drawing attention with "The Lady In Red" at #3 and Atlantic Starr was moving towards the top with their classic "Always". The rest of the Top 10: "Big Love" from Fleetwood Mac, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam were up from 15 to 6 with "Head To Toe", the Breakfast Club had their only Top 10 with "Right On Track" moving in, Bryan Adams had #8 with "Heat of the Night", Huey Lewis & the News scored another Top 10 with "I Know What I Like" from their great album Fore! and Bon Jovi moved into the Top 10 with "Wanted Dead Or Alive".
1987: "Always" reached the top spot on the Adult Contemporary chart for Atlantic Starr.
1987: Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys gave a good example of how not to act. He was arrested in Liverpool, England for assaulting a female fan during a riot at a Beastie Boys concert.
1988: We were about to be introduced to a woman whose biting lyrics would be acclaimed the world over. On this date, Tracy Chapman released her first single--"Fast Car".
1990: Midnight Oil played a protest concert in front of Exxon offices on 6th Avenue in New York City to protest the Exxon Valdez oil disaster.
1992: Genesis remained #1 on the AC chart with "Hold On My Heart".
1992: Mariah Carey's remake of the Jackson 5 classic "I'll Be There" debuted at #13.
1992: Paul Simon married Edie Brickell.
1997: West Arkeen, guitarist on the two Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion albums, died of a drug overdose at the age of 36.
1998: After debuting at #1 the previous week, The Limited Series by Garth Brooks held on to #1 on the album chart. The Soundtrack to the great movie "City of Angels" was #2.
Mickie Most had what it took
2003: Famed producer Mickie Most, who produced songs for Herman's Hermits, the Animals and Hot Chocolate, among others, died at the age of 64.
2004: Avril Lavigne took her album Under My Skin to #1 in the U.K.
2008: Green Day reached #1 on the album chart with 21st Century Breakdown.
2009: Little Richard was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
2010: Anita Humes, lead singer of Essex ("Easier Said Than Done) passed away at the age of 69.
2012: Robert Nix, drummer with the Atlanta Rhythm Section, died at age 67.
Born This Day:
1944: Lenny Davidson, guitarist of the Dave Clark Five, was born in Enfield, Middlesex, England.
1945: Kathy Post, who with husband Jim formed the duo Friend and Lover ("Reach Out of the Darkness" in 1968), was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1955: Nicky "Topper" Headon of the Clash was born in Bromley, England.
1958: Marie Fredriksson of Roxette was born in Ossjo, Sweden.
1960: Stephen Duffy, singer, songwriter and guitarist of Duran Duran, was born in Birmingham, England.
1967: Sven Pipien, bass guitarist of the Black Crowes, was born in Hanover, Germany.
1971: Patrick Dalheimer, bass guitarist for Live, was born in York, Pennsylvania.
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