Today in Rock n Roll History

1963: “Please Please Me” becomes the Beatles’ first U.K. No. 1.

1964: The Beatles made their second live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, exactly one week after the first. Before an audience of 3,500 at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, The Beatles performed ‘She Loves You’, ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘From Me to You’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’.

1968: Detroit declares today Aretha Franklin Day. Now that is getting a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T !

1971: The Rolling Stones are sued by the Hell’s Angel accused of stabbing Meredith Hunter at Altamont in 1969. Alan David Pasaro alleges that the Stones have invaded his privacy by including footage of the fatal attack in their documentary Gimme Shelter.

1972: John Lennon performed with Chuck Berry on The Mike Douglas Show, performing Memphis & Johnny B. Goode during Lennon & Yoko Ono’s week-long stint hosting The Mike Douglas Show.

1974: During a tour of America the members of Emerson, Lake & Palmer were arrested in Salt Lake City after swimming naked in the hotel pool. They were each fined $75.

1975: The music variety series “Cher” premieres on CBS-TV. The singer had co-presented The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour with her former husband. Cher’s new show featured a female guest each week.

1990: Ike Turner was sentenced to four years in prison for possession & transport of cocaine. He would be released after serving 18 months.

1993: Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagen, and Kenny Jones reunite as the Faces to perform “Stay With Me” and “Sweet Little Rock ‘n’ Roller” at the Brit Awards. Bill Wyman fills in for Ronnie Lane, who is suffering from multiple sclerosis.

1996: Walter (Brownie) McGhee, one of the most important figures in folk and blues revival, dies of stomach cancer. He was best known for his popular acoustic blues act of the 1950s and 1960s with harmonicist Sonny Terry.

2000: Los Angeles County Superior Court throws out the $10 million lawsuit against singer George Michael that followed his 1998 arrest on charges of lewd behavior in a Los Angeles public restroom. Beverly Hills cop Marcelo Rodrigues claimed that Michael had slandered him in a video for his single “Outside.”

2004: US singer Doris Troy died. She had been a session singer with Dionne Warwick, sang on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon and released an album on The Beatles’ Apple label. She had also had a 1964 UK No.37 single with ‘Whatcha Gonna Do About It’ and a 1963 US No. 10 hit ‘Just One Look’.

2005: Kid Rock is arrested in Nashville on charges that he punched a DJ at a nightclub. Rock was in town to attend the funeral of country songwriter Merle Kilgore (“Ring of Fire”).

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