#1 R&B Song 1965: “Got To Get You Off My Mind,” Solomon Burke
Born: Marvin Gaye (the Moonglows), 1939
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1961 The Shirelles began a major tour in Irving Feld’s Biggest Show of Stars, 1961, starting in Philadelphia. Other acts included the Drifters, Fats Domino, Chubby Checker, and Bo Diddley.
1965 Dionne Warwick performed on Britain’s Ready, Steady, Go! TV-show debut.
1966 Sarah Vaughn’s cover of the Toys’ hit “A Lover’s Concerto” charted, reaching #63. It was the last of her thirty-three single successes.
1966 The Jazz Crusaders charted with Stevie Wonder’s “Uptight (Everything is Alright),” reaching #95 pop in their chart debut. The instrumental group formerly known as the Nighthawks would soon be known worldwide as simply the Crusaders. They would not reach the R&B charts for another six years.
1967 Wilson Pickett performed in Murray the K’s Easter show, Music in the Fifth Dimension, at the RKO Theater in New York.
1983 Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” charted R&B, reaching #1 on both the pop and R&B national singles charts. The lead guitarist on the session was Van Halen’s Eddie Van Halen. The song was inspired by the Knack’s “My Sharona.”
Ann
