Today in Rock and Roll History

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Today in the History of Rock.......

1943
Jim McCarty was born.

1946
Jose Chepito Areas was born.

1955
After failing to chart with prior recordings on the Savoy, Rama and Prize labels, Little Willie John scores on King Records with "All Around the World" (#5 R&B, #6 pop).

1964
Autumn Records, run by San Francisco deejay Tom Donahye, strikes paydirt with "C'mon and Swim," a dance song by Bobby Freeman that reaches #5.

1965
Bob Dylan strode onstage at the Newport Festival with an electric guitar in hand and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band backing him up. He is booed off stage.

1970
Freda Payne hits #3 with "Band of Gold".

1981
Duran Duran hits #5 in the UK with "Girls On Film".

1987
Motley Crue hits #12 with "Girls, Girls, Girls".

1987
“Touch of Grey,” by the Grateful Dead, enters the Top Forty. It will peak at #9, putting the Dead in the Top Ten for the first (and last) time.

1994
Neil Young releases 'Sleeps With Angels,' whose harder-edged sound nods to Seattle grunge-rockers and pays tribute to the late Kurt Cobain.