"That’ll Be the Day" is a classic early rock and roll song written by 
Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison and recorded by The Crickets. The
recording was certified gold – for over a million US sales in 1969
by the RIAA. The 1957 Brunswick Records single was inducted
into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2005, the recording
was placed in the National Recording Registry, a list of sound
recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically
important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States."

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Hank Williams Jr. (Randall Hank Williams) is 67 years old today.

Hank Williams with little Hank Jr., early 1950s.

The son "Smoke on the Water" is from the 1972 album Machine Head by
the English rock band Deep Purple. In 2004, it was ranked number 434
on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 500 greatest songs of all time and was
number 4 in Total Guitar magazines Greatest Guitar Riffs Ever and in
March 2005. Q magazine placed “Smoke on the Water” at number 12
in its list of the 100 greatest tracks.  

ROSS SIMPSON

Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) is 75 today.

Zimmerman changed his name to Dylan after the poet Dylan
Thomas. He was born a Jew, but converted to Christianity.

While studying at the University of Minnesota, he became more 
interested in folk music than rock and roll.

The song “I’ll Never Smile Again” was written by Ruth Lowe and recorded by
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, with vocals provided by Frank Sinatra and
The Pied Pipers. It stayed at number one for 12 weeks on Billboard, from July
27 to October 12, 1940, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in
1982.