July 7th, 1965

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

7/7/65 – Sonny and Cher perform their new single “I Got You Babe” on “Shindig”

Also on 7/7 - Elvis’ movie “Tickle Me” opens nationwide

Also on 7/7, Otis Redding records his soul classic “Respect.”  It will soar to far greater heights when Aretha Franklin records it a couple of years later

July 6th, 1965

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

7/6/65 – The Jefferson Airplane is formed

The band wouldn't achieve real success until Grace Slick left The Great Society to join them, bringing with her two of the songs she previously sang with that group, "Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit," both of which would become Top Ten Hits in 1967.

Also on 7/6, Jackie Wilson records “Higher And Higher.”  It won’t be released as a single for two years, when it becomes Jackie’s last Top Ten Hit.

While Wilson did not have any Top 40 hits in 1965, he came back in a big way in the fall of 1966 with his Top Ten Hit "Whispers."