Britain’s number one song today in 1963, yeah, yeah, yeah:

Today in 1966, NBC-TV premiered a show about four Beatle-like musicians:

Britain’s number one song today in 1979:

The number one album today in 1981 was from Journey:

Birthdays begin with George Jones:

One-hit-wonder Maria Muldaur …

… was born one year before Barry White:

Gerry Beckley of America (the country and the rock group):

Neal Peart plays drums for Rush:

Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy:

One death anniversary of note: Johnny Cash died today in 2003:

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