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1966 The Troggs release "Wild Thing."

1966 The Beatles continue work on their Revolver album, with Ringo adding cowbell to "Taxman" and George Harrison putting sitar on "Tomorrow Never Knows."

1966 Kimberley Dahme (rhythm guitarist, bassist for Boston) is born.

1964 The President of England's National Federation of Hairdressers makes headlines when he offers a free haircut to the next rock group to reach Number One.

1962 Jerry Lee Lewis loses his first son, Steve Allen (named after the TV host and good friend), in a tragic drowning accident at the age of three.

1959 The Alan Freed "Rock and Roll movie" Go, Johnny, Go premieres in New York, featuring Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, The Cadillacs, and The Flamingos.

1951 Pop-rock singer-songwriter Paul Carrack (Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics) is born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

1950 Peter Frampton is born in Beckenham, Kent, England. After forming Humble Pie, he finds success as a solo artist; his 1976 album Frampton Come Alive! is one of the most successful live albums of all time.

1948 Larry Groce, singer of the hit 1976 novelty tune "Junk Food Junkie" and host of the NPR-distributed radio program Mountain Stage, is born in Dallas, Texas.

1944 Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians hit #1 in America with "It's Love-Love-Love."

1939 Pop/soul singer Mel Carter, known for the 1965 hit "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me," is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1937 Jack Nitzsche, musician, songwriter, and film composer who worked alongside Phil Spector throughout the '50s and later co-wrote the Academy Award-Winning "Up Where We Belong" for An Officer and a Gentleman, is born Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche in Chicago, Illinois.

1931 Conga drummer Joe Cuba - dubbed the "Father of Latin Boogaloo" - is born Gilberto Miguel Calderón in New York City.

1927 Caribbean singer Laurel Aitken, aka "The Godfather of Ska," is born Lorenzo Aitken in Cuba, but will settle in Jamaica.

1922 Jazz double bassist Charles Mingus is born in Nogales, Arizona.

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Belushi And Aykroyd Become The Blues Brothers

1978

The Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) make their debut on Saturday Night Live, later becoming the first characters from the show to get their own movie.

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