Kicking off the new year, Rolling Stone issued an updated version of their ranking of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Topping the list of Rock singers is John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Thom Yorke and Kurt Cobain.
In the History of Rock in 1964 – The Beatles were seen for the first time on a US TV show when a clip from the BBC's The Mersey Sound, showing the group playing “She Loves You”, was shown on The Jack Paar Show. At that point, Parr was not a fan and made fun of their haircuts.
In 1972 – Two weeks of rehearsals for Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon tour began in London at a venue owned by The Rolling Stones.
And in 1976 – Bob Dylan’s song “Hurricane” topped out at number 33 on the Billboard singles chart, helping to cause enough publicity to eventually get former boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter released from jail. The song promoted Carter’s innocence and a movie about Carter’s life, starring Denzel Washington, was released in 2000.