Ray Hildebrand of Paul & Paula ("Hey Paula") turns 67.
Carla Thomas ("Gee Whiz") is 65.
Barry Gordon ("Nuttin' For Christmas") is 59.
Crosby, Stills & Nash are formed in 1968.
In 1994, Beach Boy Mike Love settles a dispute with Brian Wilson over authorship of 35 of the group's tunes (out-of-court settlement- receiving $5 million).
Elvis Presley is inducted into the Los Angeles Indian Tribal Council on the day his "Flaming Star" movie opens in 1960.
Janis Joplin’s first solo concert was in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968.
David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash guests on ABC-TV's "Roseanne" in 1992.
In 1984, Prince hits #1 with "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" and #2 with "Purple Rain.”
Elton John establishes the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, aimed at AIDS prevention education and direct care services.
Elton John and David Furnish exchange vows and diamond wedding bands in 2005, during a civil ceremony (now legal in the United Kingdom).
In 1974, the song "Cat's in the Cradle," by Harry Chapin, topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
"Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie, topped the charts and stayed there for 4 weeks in 1985.
Shaquille O'Neal's "I Know I Got Skillz" single was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1993.
Just in time for Christmas of 1967, the Rolling Stones release the stoned-out “Their Satanic Majesties Request.” The album is recorded while Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones endure their drug arrests and trials.
In 1970, Elvis Presley drops in on President Richard Nixon at the White House with no invitation and no prior warning. Elvis is convinced drugs are ruining America’s youth and he offers his to help deal with the problem. The White House staff allows Elvis to see the President. All that really comes from the meeting is a picture of a very stoned Elvis shaking hands with a very uncomfortable Nixon.
“An Anthology,” a collection of late guitarist Duane Allman’s work, is certified gold in 1972.
To help promote Aerosmith’s “Love In An Elevator,” a couple gets married in an actual elevator at the Scope Arena in Norfolk (VA) during the group’s show in 1989.
In 1966, The Beach Boys receive three gold-record citations for the single "Good Vibrations" and the albums "Little Deuce Coupe" and "Shut Down, Vol. 2".
In 1969, Diana Ross and the Supremes make their final television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing "Someday We'll Be Together", which would be the last of their 12 number one singles.
One of Rock and Roll's strangest oddities happened on this date in 1969, when "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye hit number one on the Cash Box music chart. The same song was also a number one hit for Gladys Knight and The Pips exactly one year earlier. The tune would also turn up on the chart by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1976.
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas play their last show together at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan in 1972.
In 1979, The Eagles, Chicago and Linda Ronstadt perform at a benefit show for the presidential campaign for California governor Jerry Brown, who also happens to be Ronstadt's boyfriend.
On this date in 1985, Bruce Springsteen's album, "Born in the USA" passed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to become the second longest-lasting LP on the Billboard Top 10. It stayed there for 79 weeks. Only "The Sound of Music" with Julie Andrews lasted longer at 109 weeks.
The Beatles' "Love" was #1 on the European Top 100 Albums chart in 2006.
In 2006, Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, performed on stage before a live US audience for the first time in nearly thirty years. Mixing new songs with such old hits as "Oh Very Young" and "Peace Train", he sang with a gentle voice that had changed little from his heyday in the 1970s.
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