Today in 1967, the four Beatles signed a contract to stay together as a group for a decade.

The group broke up three years later.

The number one British single today in 1970 came from that year’s Eurovision winner, a one-hit wonder:

The number one British album today in 1975 was “The Best of the Stylistics”:

The number one single today in 1980:

That day, Brian Johnson, singer for Geordie, joined AC/DC to replace the recently deceased Bon Scott:

Birthdays start with Alan Price, the first keyboard player of the Animals:

Mark “Flo” Volman of Flo & Eddie and the Turtles:

Bernie Worrell played keyboards for Parliament Funkadelic:

Rod Morgenstern of Winger:

Dick Clark:

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