1965 – The Beatles received a gold record for the song “Help!”
1965 – The Rolling Stones appeared on the British TV show “Ready Steady Go!” Mick Jagger and Andrew Loog Oldham performed a parody of Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe.”
1970 – An ad was run in “Melody Maker” by Genesis looking for musicians who were “determined to strive beyond existing stagnant music forms.” Phil Collins answered the ad and eventually joined the group.
1976 – The first issue of Musician magazine was published.
1978 – George Harrison married Olivia Trinidad Arias. She was a secretary at his Dark Horse record company.
1981 – The single “Controversy” was released by Prince.
1983 – The film “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” opened around in the United States. The movie starred David Bowie.
1986 – Debbie Gibson began recording the album “Out of the Blue.” She was 16 years old and still in school at the time.
1989 – Ric Ocasek (Cars) and Paulina Porizkova were married.
1995 – In Cleveland, OH, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum officially opened.
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