The Beach Boys for $4 million, alleging that they were excluding him from playing in the band. Jerry Lee was unhappy with the bumpkin-like portrayal of himself by actor Dennis Quaid and later said, "They really fouled it up, the way they did it."Ĭhet Atkins, the legendary session guitarist, died of cancer at the age of 77.
The movie would fizzle at the box office, but critics gave it mostly positive reviews.
Great Balls Of Fire!, a biographical film about the life of Jerry Lee Lewis, debuts in theatres across America. Her debut album "Forever Your Girl" was also climbing towards the top of the Billboard chart. The pair had parted company after Phil smashed his guitar and walked off the stage during a 1973 performance.Ģ6 year old Paula Abdul was the featured performer of the Club MTV: Live show in Miami. After two operations, he would slowly recover and was back in the studio recording an album for MCA Records four months later.Īfter a ten year split, The Everly Brothers announced that they would be reuniting. She was the first solo entertainer to hold two of the top three positions simultaneously.įorty-five year old Jerry Lee Lewis was rushed to a Memphis hospital, suffering from a hemorrhaging stomach ulcer. It also topped the charts in the UK.ĭonna Summer held the number two and number three positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls".
One of the first records to use a synthesized drum track, "Ring My Bell", reaches number one in the US for Anita Ward. The popular rumor of the day was that red ink was mixed with small amounts of blood from each group member. Marvel Comics issues the first of two comic books based on the costumed characters of the group Some of the officers involved left with an autograph. After a three hour search, they found nothing. Police raid Neil Diamond's house, looking for drugs while claiming that they are responding to a burglary call. They are forced to change their name to The Jacksons since Motown owns the other name. The Jackson 5 announce that they will be leaving Motown Records for Epic Records. There was no single released from the album in the US, and as usual, only David Cassidy and Shirley Jones actually participated in the recording.
It would prove to be the last Partridge Family album to chart in the US, entering Billboard's Hot 200 in July and peaking at #167 during a five week stay. The LP "Crossword Puzzle" by The Partridge Family was released on Bell Records. George Harrison's "Give Me Love" knocks Paul McCartney's "My Love" out of the number one spot on both the Billboard Pop chart and the Cash Box Best Sellers list. Mark Lindsay was backed by Hal Blaine on drums, Al Casey on guitar, Carol Kaye on bass guitar and Artie Butler on piano and organ. The Raiders' rendition was later certified Platinum for selling a million copies, although none of band actually played on the recording. The first hit version was recorded by Don Fardon in 1968. Loudermilk, and was first recorded in 1959 by Marvin Rainwater as "The Pale Faced Indian". "Indian Reservation" by Paul Revere And The Raiders receives a Gold record for sales of 500,000 copies. Amateur recordings of the performance quickly became available as a bootleg album known as "Three Nights in Tokyo". The Beatles appear at the first of three concerts at Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The tune would prove to be Boone's last Top 40 entry after a run of 7 years and 37 other hit singles. It was a song that Pat had to plead with his producer Randy Wood to let him record after he had first heard it in The Philippines. Pat Boone's "Speedy Gonzales" enters the Billboard Hot 100 where it will reach #6. The song was initially titled "Cindy Lou" after Buddy's niece, but Allison convinced Buddy to change the title just before the recording session. In real life, she was Peggy Sue Gerron, the girlfriend of Crickets drummer City council will later vote to ban all Rock 'n' Roll concerts.īuddy Holly records "Peggy Sue", which will go on to reach #3 on the Billboard chart and #6 in the UK.
Police are called to deal with a series of fights that broke out at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey during a show by Bill Haley And His Comets.