From the MCRFB music calendar:
Events on this date: JULY 20
1940: Billboard magazine publishes their first combined record sales chart, ranking the hits of all major labels. Sitting atop the ten entries is Tommy Dorsey’s “I’ll Never Smile Again,” by lead singer Frank Sinatra.
1954: Taking their name from their local hit recording of “Blue Moon Over Kentucky,” Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black perform a concert as the Blue Moon Boys on the back of a flatbed truck outside the grand opening of a Memphis drugstore.
1961: British paper Mersey Beat announces that the Beatles — or rather, the Beat Brothers, as they were then known — have just signed their first recording contract. Not with Capitol, but with famed German producer Bert Kaempfert.
1963: The Beatles nab their first UK No. 1 LP with Please Please Me.
1965: Frank Sinatra leaves his hand prints in cement outside Hollywood landmark Grauman’s Chinese Theater at 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
1968: Aware of Paul McCartney’s various affairs, his fiancee, Jane Asher, announces on the BBC program Dee Time that she has broken off her engagement with the Beatle: “I haven’t broken it off, but it is broken off, finished… I know it sounds corny, but we still see each other, and love each other, but it hasn’t worked out. Perhaps we’ll be childhood sweethearts and meet again, and get married when we’re around seventy.” Paul, watching at home, is reportedly surprised, but rumors has been swirling for months, so perhaps not.
1970: The Carpenters appear as guest bachelor and bachelorette on ABC-TV’s The Dating Game show.
1975: Steven Van Zandt makes his first appearance in concert with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
1986: Carlos Santana celebrates his 39th birthday, as well as the 20th anniversary of his band, by playing a concert in San Francisco featuring all 17 original members of his group.
Deaths: Roy Hamilton; 1969.
Releases: “Judy’s Turn To Cry,” Lesley Gore; 1963. “I’ll Cry Instead,” “And I Lover Her,” The Beatles; 1964. “Do You Believe In Magic,” Lovin’ Spoonful; 1965. “Like A Rolling Stone,” Bob Dylan; 1965.
Recording: “I’m In Love Again,” “Midnight Special,” Paul McCartney; 1987.
Charts: 1963: “Surf City,” Jan and Dean; hits No. 1 on the charts. 1968: “Grazing In The Grass,” Hugh Masekela; hits No. 1 on the charts. 1968: “In The Gada-Da-Vida,” Iron Butterfly; enters the charts.
Certifications: 1963: “Concert In Rhythm,” “Memories Are Made Of This,” Ray Conniff Singers; are both certified gold.
And that’s just a few of the events which took place in pop music history, on this day…. 
