Today in 1956, the CBS Radio Network premiered Alan Freed’s “Rock and Roll Dance Party.”

The number one single today in 1958:

Today in 1962, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met someone who called himself Elmo Lewis. His real name was Brian Jones.

The top five singles today in 1970:

The number one single today in 1973:

Birthdays begin with Billie Holiday:

Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams …

… was born the same day as Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden:

John Oates of Hall and Oates:

Bruce Gary had The Knack for playing drums:

Also happy birthday to Jim Rockford and Capt. John F.X. McIntyre, M.D.