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1964 - Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa and six others were convicted of fraud and conspiracy in the handling of a union pension fund.	1964 - NASA launched *Ranger 7* on its way to the moon. The spacecraft sent back 4,308 TV pictures on its way down to the lunar plain.
1965 - U.S. President Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000; and monthly draft calls would be doubled to 35,000.	1965 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare bill into law. Medicare went into effect the following year, providing limited health care for the elderly and disabled.

Chart Toppers This Week

*Rag Doll* (facts) - The 4 Seasons *A Hard Day’s Night* (facts) - The Beatles *The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)* - Jan & Dean	*(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction* (facts) - The Rolling Stones *I’m Henry VIII, I Am* (facts) - Herman’s Hermits *What’s New Pussycat?* (facts) - Tom Jones	*Wild Thing* (facts) - The Troggs *Lil’ Red Riding Hood* (facts) - Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs *I Saw Her Again* (facts) - The Mamas & The Papas	*In the Year 2525* (facts) - Zager & Evans *Good Morning Starshine* (facts) - Oliver *Crystal Blue Persuasion* (facts) - Tommy James & The Shondells
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This Week In Rock & Roll History
1959	Brothers, Santo and Johnny (Farina) of Brooklyn, NY saw their one and only hit record, the instrumental *Sleepwalk* released. Sleepwalk was number one for two weeks.
1960	Sam Cooke's Chain Gang is released.
1961	The Tokens record *The Lion Sleeps Tonight*.
1965	Bob Dylan appeared on stage at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric guitar. He was not well received, even with the classic folk song, Blowin’ in the Wind. The electrified “poet laureate of a generation” was booed and hissed by the audience for being amplified. He was, in fact, booed right off the stage.
	The Beatles' *Help!* movie premieres in London.
1966	The Monkees record *Last Train To Clarksville*.
	The Beatles begin recording While My Guitar Gently Weeps (with Eric Clapton on guitar).
	Bob Dylan crashes his motorcycle near his Woodstock, New York home and breaks his neck.
	The first Cream concert is held, in Windsor, England.
1969	Some 70,000 attended the Seattle Pop Festival.
	Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, celebrated his 26th birthday with the release of the album, Beggar’s Banquet. It was the first time that Jagger’s guitar playing had been featured on any of the Stone’s records.
	Crosby, Stills & Nash add Neil Young to the group at a concert at the Fillmore East in New York.
Information courtesy Oldies Music Calendar
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