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Today In Music History: The Beatles Score Their First #1

Posted at 6:07 AM on February 1, 2012 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Singer Exene Cervenka of X is 56.
Drummer Patrick Wilson of Weezer is 43.

Today in:

1950 - RCA introduced the 45 RPM record.
1964 - The governor of Indiana declared the song "Louie, Louie" by The Kingsmen to be pornographic, even though the average listener wasn't able to decipher the lyrics. The governor asked a state broadcasters' association to ban the record.
1965 - James Brown recorded "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1978 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo And Clara, a rather bizarre and lengthy documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour, premiered in Los Angeles.
1988 - The Cars announced their breakup.
2004 - Justin Timberlake ripped Janet Jackson's top during the Super Bowl halftime show and exposed her breast. The phrase "wardrobe malfunction" was born.

History Highlight:

Today in 1964, The Beatles began a seven-week run at #1 with "I Want To Hold Your Hand." It was the first #1 single by a British group since the unlikely instrumental hit "Telstar" by The Tornadoes two years earlier, and obviously, would be the first of a whole lotta number 1's for the Fab Four.

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