1949, RCA RECORDS ISSUED THE FIRST EVER 45RPM SINGLE, THE INVENTION OF THIS SIZE RECORD MADE JUKEBOXES POSSIBLE.
1963, 17 YEAR-OLD NEIL YOUNG PERFORMED HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL DATE AT A COUNTRY CLUB IN WINNIPEG.
1967, AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS IN LONDON, THE BEATLES STARTED WORK ON A NEW SONG ‘SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND’. IT WASN’T UNTIL THE BEATLES HAD RECORDED THE SONG THAT PAUL MCCARTNEY HAD THE IDEA TO MAKE THE SONG THE THEMATIC PIVOT FOR THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM.
2008, US SPACE AGENCY NASA ANNOUNCED THAT ‘ACROSS THE UNIVERSE’ BY THE BEATLES WAS TO BECOME THE FIRST SONG EVER TO BE BEAMED DIRECTLY INTO SPACE. IN A MESSAGE TO NASA, SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY SAID THE PROJECT WAS AN “AMAZING” FEAT. “WELL DONE,
NASA,” HE ADDED. “SEND MY LOVE TO THE ALIENS. ALL THE BEST, PAUL.”
BORN TODAY
1937, DON EVERLY, GUITARIST, SINGER WITH THE EVERLY BROTHERS
1937, RAY SAWYER, SINGER, SONGWRITER WITH DR HOOK
1954, MIKE CAMPBELL, GUITARIST WITH TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
1968, LISA MARIE PRESLEY, DAUGHTER OF ELVIS. ALSO KNOWN AS THE “PRINCESS OF ROCK AND ROLL.”
