1967: Paul McCartney meets a young woman who is gaining fame as a photographer of rock groups. Her name is Linda Eastman.

One year later on the very same day, when Paul appears with John Lennon on The Tonight Show (guest hosted by Joe Garagiola) to discuss the launch of Apple Records, Paul meets her again and this time, the two begin dating.

1966: For a record 9^th time in 3 years, the record “Louie, Louie” by the Kingsmen enters Billboard’s Hot 100.

1978: When Yvonne Elliman’s “If I Can’t Have You” hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, it sets a record for its composer.

Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees becomes the first songwriter to pen four consecutive #1 hit records on the American charts.

1971: Mick Jagger marries his girlfriend, Bianca Perez-Mora, in St. Tropez, France. The bride is four months pregnant at the time.

The couple would divorce in 1978, but Bianca has been quoted as saying, “My marriage ended on my wedding day.”

1957: Having been part of a family act, the Everly Brothers perform for the very first time as a duo at country’s premiere venue, The Grand Ole’ Opry in Nashville.

A lot of great music was being made in the studio on this day. Among the artists recording:

1965: The Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
1965: The Beatles - "Dizzy Miss Lizzie," "Bad Boy"
1974: Eric Clapton - "I Shot the Sheriff"
1979: Bob Dylan - "Slow Train"

1979: Eric Clapton finally married his “Layla,” the former Mrs. George Harrison, Patti Boyd. George was in attendance, as were Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. The three Beatles played together at the reception, running through a set of old rock ‘n’ roll classics.

1962: Having recently been rejected by Decca Records, Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein runs into an old friend, recording engineer Ted Huntly, in a London record store.

Huntley suggests that Epstein might want to send his band’s demos to a producer over at EMI Records, a chap named George Martin.

1967: A group of defiant teenagers dance that decadent (and totally outdated) American dance, The Twist, in Moscow during the Communist Party’s big May Day celebration. The dance had been banned by the Soviet Ministry of Culture.

When it comes to the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan gets a lot of the credit, but we all know rock & roll did most of the work.

In recording studios on this day, legendary artists were laying down tracks for some legendary songs:

1957: Chuck Berry – “Rock and Roll Music”

1964: Beach Boys – “All Summer Long”

1965: James Brown – “I Got You (I Feel Good)”

1966: Beatles– “I’m Only Sleeping”

1969: Beatles– “You Never Give Me Your Money”