The number one single today in 1957 was the first number one rock and roll single to be written by its singer:

The number one single today in 1963 …

… which sounds suspiciously similar to a song released seven years later …

… which resulted in, of course, a lawsuit, the settlement for which included:

The number one single today in 1985:

The number one British album today in 1991 was the Eurythmics’ “Greatest Hits”:

Birthdays begin with Rolf Harris:

Graeme Edge played drums for the Moody Blues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAjGdmFKf8E

Eric Clapton (and if you haven’t read his autobiography, you should), who was in the Yardbirds …

… and Cream …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1QihWLLKGY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3cELfFjXvY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkae0-TgrRU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8hLc_nqx8g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSpW6MePb10

… and played on a Beatles album …

… and a Delaney and Bonnie album …

… before going solo …

… then forming Derek and the Dominos …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaTkHCSGn1k

… before going solo again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXDf9UwHGF4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0WO8XoVWes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVZ1O0pQPyc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_UaPrQ3DI

Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas:

Dave Ball of Procol Harum:

Re Styles played guitar for the Tubes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eHue2jSw3s

Who is Stanley Kirk Burrell? You know him better as MC Hammer: