On This Date In Music

1967 - Gladys Knight and the Pips release "I Heard It Through The Grapevine."

 

1974 - Bad Company went to No. 1 on the US album chart with their self-titled debut album. Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke had come out of Free while Mick Ralphs had played guitar with Mott The Hoople and Boz Burrell was bass player for King Crimson before the group formed in 1973. They produced six albums together before disbanding in 1983.

1974 - Canadian singer Andy Kim went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Rock Me Gently’. Kim was the co-writer of The Archies ‘Sugar Sugar.’