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1972 Neil Young's album Harvest is certified Gold.
1969 The Bee Gees' Maurice Gibb, 19, marries the 20-year-old singing sensation Lulu in Buckinghamshire, England. They separate in 1973.
1968 Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, along with their female companions, head to Rishikesh, India, to join the other two members of The Beatles in studying under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
1967 The Buckinghams' "Kind of a Drag" hits #1 in America for the first of two weeks.
1965 The Beatles' publishing company, Northern Songs, is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
1964 The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali (known at the time as Cassius Clay) when they are visiting Miami.
1959 While on leave from the US Army in Paris, Elvis Presley visits the famous Lido Club, performing an impromptu show there.
1959 Ray Charles records "What'd I Say," a song he came up with by improvising at concerts, at Atlantic Records studios in New York City.
1956 Composer Gustave Charpentier, known for the opera Louise, dies in Paris at 95.
1956 Kay Starr's "Rock and Roll Waltz" hits #1 for the first of six weeks.
1953 Robbie Bachman (original drummer for Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1953 Little River Band drummer Derek Pellicci is born in London.
1952 Pop/country singer Juice Newton is born Judy Kay Newton in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1948 Keith Knudsen (drummer for The Doobie Brothers) is born in Le Mars, Iowa.
1941 Soul singer Irma Thomas is born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. Her first single, "(You Can Have My Husband but) Don't Mess with My Man," lands at #22 on the R&B chart in 1959.
Rolling Stones Rock 1.5 Million In Rio
2006A week before Carnival, the Rolling Stones play a free concert to an estimated 1.5 million people at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
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