Today’s history brings the national debut of a legendary music television show, a groundbreaking release from the Fab Four, and chart-topping success for the Queen of Tejano music.

• 1947: Willie Weeks, the bass guitarist who played with David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder, was born.
• 1959: Pat Smear, co-founder and lead guitarist of the punk band The Germs and known for playing with Nirvana and Foo Fighters, was born in Los Angeles, California.
• 1964: Adam Yauch, also known as MCA, a founding member of the hip hop group Beastie Boys, was born in New York City.

🎵 Major Events & Releases (On-This-Day)

• 1957: The music and dance show American Bandstand, hosted by Dick Clark, made its national television network debut on ABC. The program helped launch the careers of countless recording artists and began a 30-year run.
• 1966: The Beatles released their seventh studio album, Revolver, in the UK. The stylistically diverse album featured tracks like “Eleanor Rigby” and “Tomorrow Never Knows”.
• 1978: The Rolling Stones went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with their disco rock song “Miss You”.
• 1989: Prince scored his fourth number-one single in the US with “Batdance,” which was featured in the 1989 superhero movie Batman.
• 1995: Selena, the “Queen of Tejano music,” topped the US Billboard 200 chart for the first time with her fifth and final studio album, Dreaming of You. It was the first predominantly Spanish-language album to reach number one on the chart.