The shortest ever US No. 1 single was one minute 37 seconds. In 1960 “Stay” by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs went No. 1 in the US, going to No. 14 in the UK the following year.
At the Kaiserkeller Club in Hamburg, Germany, The Beatles performed without George Harrison. They had deported the guitarist in 1960 for being underage (he was 17) and not legally allowed to remain in a nightclub after midnight.
Alice Cooper came to the rescue of two fans. In 1991, Patrick and Dee Ann Kelly’s California home was being re-possessed. Patrick had painted Coopers face on the house to help sell the property. Mr Cooper signed autographs to help raise money for the couple.
Ozzy Ozbourne struggled with burglars. In 2004 two escaped with jewellery worth about £2m from his Buckinghamshire mansion. Osbourne told reporters that he had the masked raider in a headlock as he tried to stop him. The burglar broke free and jumped 30 ft from a first-floor window. They stole a sizeable amount of jewellery in the raid.
Sheet metal worker Louis Balint punched Elvis Presley at a Hotel in Toledo in 1956. He claimed that his wife’s love for Elvis had caused his marriage to break up. They fined him $19.60 but ended up being jailed because he could not pay the fine.
In 1965, The Beatles privately shopped at Harrods department store in London, England. The store closed to the public they could do their Christmas shopping in private.
The farewell concert of Cream happened in 1968. They held it at the Royal Albert Hall, London. On the bill were Yes and Taste.
They filmed the concert and released it as Cream‘s Farewell Concert. Critics criticized it for both its mediocre sound and visual effects, During Ginger Baker’s drum solo, he appears to change clothes at lightning speed due to careless post-editing.
