On This Date In Music

1966 - The Beach Boys went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Good Vibrations', the group's third US No. 1.

1967 - The previously unknown San Francisco group The Steve Miller Blues Band signs to Capitol, dropping "Blues" from their name in the process.

1975 - ABBA released 'Fernando'. The song is one of ABBA's best-selling singles of all time, with six million copies sold in 1976 alone and is one of fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) physical copies worldwide. The song was written for group member Anni-Frid Lyngstad and was included on her debut 1975 album Frida ensam.

1975 - The Who's ‘The Who by Numbers’ album is certified Gold.

1976 - Wings release Wings Over America.

2008 - Guantanamo Bay - The Associated Press reported that the US military used loud music to "create fear, disorient and prolong capture shock" for prisoners at military detention centers at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Among the songs blasted 24 hours a day were 'Born In The USA' by Bruce Springsteen, 'Hell's Bells' by AC/DC, 'White America' by Eminem, 'The Theme From Sesame Street' and 'I Love You' from the Barney and Friends children's TV show.