James Brown recorded "Please Please Please".

The Rolling Stones release "19th Nervous Breakdown"/"As Tears Go By."

Jackson, Mississippi declares today Carl Perkins Day.

In retaliation for hiring Allen Klein as business manager, Paul McCartney hires Linda Eastman's father's law firm as general counsel of Apple Records. More fuel on the fire that leads to their breakup.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono split up for brief period.

"American Bandstand" celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary on ABC-TV with an all-star band that included Chuck Berry, Seals & Crofts, Gregg Allman, Junior Walker, Johnny Rivers, the Pointer Sisters, Charlie Daniels, Doc Severenson, Les McCann, Donald Byrd, Chuck Mangione and three quarters of Booker T and the MGs. They jam together for a rendition of "Roll Over Beethoven."

Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" was released.

Rob Pilatus, formerly of Milli-Vanilli, was hospitalized when he was hit over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood. Pilatus was attempting to steal a car, the owner was the person who hit him.

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