A and M Records releases The Carpenters’ debut album, “Offering”. The LP, which will only reach #150 on the Billboard 200 chart, includes the duo’s first single, a cover of The Beatles’ “Ticket To Ride”. That song would peak at #54 on the Billboard Hot 100. After The Carpenters’ break-through, the album would be...
As a follow-up to his six million seller, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”, Jerry Lee Lewis records his biggest hit, “Great Balls of Fire” at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. When released a month later it will sell over a million copies in the first ten days, eventually selling five million more. The...
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Capitol Records releases “Little Deuce Coupe” by The Beach Boys. The LP would reach #4 on the Billboard chart during a 46 week stay and would eventually be certified Platinum by the RIAA
George Harrison’s song “Something” is released as the “A” side of a Beatles’ 45, a first for Harrison. Along with Lennon and McCartney’s “Come Together”, the single will reach number one in the US next month.