Helms’s original version of “Jingle Bell Rock” charted at No. 13 on Billboard‘s
Most Played C&W by DJ’s chart, a predecessor to the Hot Country Songs
chart.

Robert Lee Helms
(August 15, 1933 – June 19, 1997)

Henry’s trademark croak, heard to the maximum on his 1956 debut hit
"Ain’t Got No Home," earned Henry his nickname of "Frogman" and
started a career that continues to this day.

Clarence “Frogman” Henry turned 78 on March 19.

In and Out of Love was the second single issued with the group’s
new billing of Diana Ross & the Supremes. The song was successful,
peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, number 16 on the
R&B Singles chart.

The Big Bopper (born Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. in Texas)
(October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959)

Richardson was a DJ, singer, and songwriter who recorded "Chantilly Lace"
and wrote "White Lightning" and "Running Bear." He died in a plane crash
in Clear Lake, Iowa, along with rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and
pilot Roger Peterson.

The Beatles song “Yesterday” voted the No. 1 pop song of all time
by MTV and Rolling Stone magazine the following year. In 1997,
the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Broadcast
Music Incorporated (BMI) asserts that it was performed over seven
million times in the 20th century alone.  

“Yesterday”, featuring a string quartet, was the group’s first recorded
use of classical music elements and their first recording that involved
only a single band member, Paul McCartney with his acoustic guitar.

Sir James Paul McCartney turned 73 on June 18.