RCA Records releases Elvis Presley's single "I Need Your Love Tonight"/"A Fool Such as I," 1 million copies are pressed and sent out to stores. A gold record is sent to Presley, who is stationed in Germany. Songwriter Jeff Barry signs with Trinity Music.
With his wife, Ellie Greenwich, he goes on to write songs like "Be My Baby," "Chapel of Love," and "River Deep, Mountain High." Patsy Cline's funeral is held, attracting more than 25,000 mourners. The Rolling Stones make their first recordings.
They record a cover of Chuck Berry's "Come On" and Willie Dixon's "I Want to be Loved" at Olympic Studios in Barnes, West London. Neneh Cherry is born in Stockholm. The Beatles' "Eight Days a Week" goes to No.
1. It's the first single by a British act to top the American charts but not make the charts in Britain, where it was unreleased. Pink Floyds 'Dark Side Of The Moon' was released in the USA, it spent over 740 weeks on the American chart over a 14 year period.
David Bowie plays Philadelphia. The recording is later released as David Live. John Lennon releases his cover of Ben E.
King's "Stand by Me" as a single in the U.S. On a trestle-table set up out- side Buckingham Palace, London, at 7am in the morning, The Sex Pistols signed to A M Records.
The contract last for six days. The No. 1 single in America today is "Night Fever.
" The Bee Gees song knocks their own "Stayin' Alive" off the top spot. James Brown, performs a rare gig at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. After a 3 year break, Roxy Music begin a North American tour in support of their Manifesto LP.
Jimmy Page makes his first solo appearance since the break up of Led Zeppelin, joining Jeff Beck onstage in London. Singer Andy Gibb dies in hospital five days after his 30th birthday. Prince is given a lifetime achievement award at this year's Soul Train Music Awards.
Former Stone Roses manager Gareth Evans' £10 million lawsuit with the band was settled out of court over alleged wrongful dismissal for an undisclosed sum. Stone Temple Pilots pilot Scott Weiland releases his first solo album, 12 Bar Blues.
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