In 1934, Pat Boone was born. James William McCarty from Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels was born in 1945. Ron Wood of The Byrds was born in 1947. In 1950, Charlene, Tom Robinson from Cafe Society, Sector 27 and Graham Russell of Air Supply were born. John Ellis from The Vibrators was born in 1952. Barry Adamson from Magazine was born in 1958. In 1959, Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode was born. Simon Gallup from The Cure was born in 1960. In 1963, Mike Joyce of The Smiths was born. Roger Sanchez was born in 1967. Jason Donovan was born in 1968. In 1969, Damon Minchella of Ocean Colour Scene was born and Alanis Morissette was born in 1974.
In 1959, Juke Box Jury's first edition was aired on BBC. The four judges, after listening to pieces of the week's top record releases, would each decide whether the songs would be a "hit" or "miss". Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" was number one on both the Country and Pop charts in the US where it stayed for two months.
In 1961, Elvis Presley's song "Surrender" placed him at number one on the UK's singles chart. This was his eighth number one in the UK.
In 1963, Lesley Gore started her first of two weeks as number one with her song "It's My Party" on the US singles chart.
In 1964, The Rolling Stones arrived at the Kennedy Airport for their US debut tour. Their first performance was in San Bernardino, Cal. on the fifth of June.
In 1966, The Beatles added overdubs on their song "Yellow Submarine" while at a recording session at Abbey Road studios.
In 1967, Fairport Convention's live debut was at the St. Michael's Hall, Golders Green.
In 1968, the song "Mrs. Robinson" placed Simon and Garfunkel number one on the US' singles chart.
In 1969, The Plastic Ono Band recorded "Give Peace A Chance" at the Hotel La Reine in Montreal, Canada.
In 1971, Elvis Presley's birthplace in Tupelo, Miss. opened up to the public as a tourist attraction.
In 1972, Pink Floyd worked on the Dark Side of The Moon album at Abbey Road studios in London, England.
In 1973, Robert Wyatt broke his spine after having attempted to leave a party by climbing down a drainpipe where he ended up falling three stories and leaving him permanently crippled and confined to a wheelchair.
In 1974, at the Kursall Ballroom in Southend, England, Steely Dan made an appearance, supported by Highway. NME, a UK weekly music paper, published the 100 Great Albums. The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper was number one, Bob Dylan's Blonde On Blonde was number two and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds was number three.
In 1975, The Rolling Stones started their largest US tour at the Louisiana State University. The tour had 45 shows in 26 cities.
In 1977, at the Rainbow Theatre in London, England, Bob Marley and The Wailers performed their first of four nights.
In 1978, U2 made an appearance at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, Ireland.
In 1979, The Police made an appearance at the Odeon Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were supported by The Cramps.
In 1981, the first issue of Kerrang!, a Heavy Metal magazine, was published as a special pull-out by UK weekly music paper Sounds. AC/DC was on the front cover as well as features on Motorhead, Girlschool and Saxon.
In 1982, Madness was number one on the UK's singles chart with the song "House Of Fun", their only number one from 27 UK Top 40 hits.
In 1985, Prince & The Revolution started their first of three weeks as number one on the US' album chart with the album Around The World In A Day. Bruce Springsteen started his European tour for Born in the USA at Slane Castle in Dublin, Ireland.
In 1991, David Ruffin died of a drug overdose at a hospital in Philadelphia. At Elland Road in Leeds, England, The Happy Mondays, The Farm and Northside made an appearance. Seal started his first of three weeks as number one on the UK's album chart with his self-titled debut album. Sting made an appearance on the first episode of a new Soviet TV rock show called Rock Steady.
In 1996, the song "Three Lions" by Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds number one on the UK's singles chart.
In 1997, Emma Bunton, also known as Baby, from The Spice Girls returned to the UK in a wheelchair after having broken her ankle while doing a Turkish TV show.
In 2000, the film Honest, which starred three members of All Saints, was pulled by cinemas after a terrible showing at the Box Office. The Dixie Chicks performed the first of their 85-day North American tour at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
In 2003, Staind was number one on the US' album chart with their 14 Shades of Gray, making this their second US number one. It was 16th on the chart in the UK. Paul Gray of Slipknot was arrested on drugs and drunk-driving charges.
In 2005, Jack White of White Stripes married Karen Elson in a canoe on the Amazon River in Brazil. The song "Axel F" placed Crazy Frog at number one on the UK's singles chart.
In 2006, Oasis' album Definitely Maybe was voted the greatest album of all time in a survey with The Beatles coming in second and third, Radiohead fourth and Oasis was fifth.
And in 2007, versions of songs from The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album were recorded by contemporary musicians to mark the 40 years since the album was released. Musicians included Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs and Bryan Adams. The musicians worked with Geoff Emerick who was in charge of the original 1967 sessions and used original equipment.
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