Births 1912: Buddy Johnson 1917: Jerry Wexler 1925: Max Roach 1927: Gisele MacKenzie, Johnnie Ray 1935: Ronnie Hawkins 1939: Scott McKenzie, Sal Mineo 1943: Jim Croce 1944: Frank Sinatra Jr. 1945: Ronny Light, Rod Stewart, Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash) 1946: Aynsley Dunbar (John Mayall, Jefferson Starship), Bob Lang (Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders) 1948: Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers) Deaths 1976: Howlin Wolf Events 1949: RCA announces its newest creation, the seven-inch vinyl record to be played at 45 rpm. The 45, as it would soon be known, would become the driving force of the record business in the early days of rock and roll. 1963: Cliff Richards Summer Holiday film premieres in London. 1965: American promoter Sid Bernstein, having already presented the Beatles at Carnegie Hall, calls group manager Brian Epstein about a possible Shea Stadium concert. It would be the first stadium concert by a rock group. 1969: George Harrison quits the Beatles for a short while, making him the second Beatle to do so (Ringo had left the group for a brief period a year earlier). 1971: The suit to officially dissolve the Beatles as a group gets underway in court. 1971: Bob Dylan appears on an NBC documentary accompanying bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs on Dylans East Virginia Blues and Nashville Skyline Rag. 1979: Richard Carpenter of the Carpenters duo enters into rehab in a Topeka, KS facility. 1997: James Brown receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2003: British and Dutch police recover 500 Beatles master tapes missing since a theft some thirty or so years earlier. Releases 1964: The Beatles, Introducing The Beatles 1966: Peter and Gordon, Woman Recording 1945: Erskine Hawkins, Tippin In 1956: Elvis Presley: Heartbreak Hotel, I Got A Woman, Money Honey 1967: The Beatles, Penny Lane Certifications 1968: Aretha Franklins Chain of Fools is certified gold 1975: Al Greens album Al Green Explores Your Mind is certified gold Charts 1953: Perry Comos Dont Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes hits #1 1976: C.W. McCalls Convoy hits #1
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