The number one British single today in 1961:

The number one single today in 1963:

Today in 1973, the Immigration and Naturalization Service ordered John Lennon to leave the U.S. within 60 days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJDUc8J49k

More than three years later, Lennon won his appeal and stayed in the U.S. the rest of his life.

The number one single today in 1974:

Today in 1985, Billy Joel married Christie Brinkley on a boat moored at the Statue of Liberty.

Joel and Brinkley divorced in 1993.

The number one British album today in 1991 was REM’s “Out of Time”:

Birthdays begin with Ric Ocasek of The Cars:

Who is Yvette Marie Stevens?  You know her as Chaka Khan … ChakaKhan ChakaKhan ChakaKhan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xuUdI1an0

Mark McLoughlin of Wet Wet Wet:

One death of note today in 1995: Alan Barton of Black Lace, which recorded either the number two single in Britain in 1984, or the worst song of all time as determined in a Q Magazine music writers poll: