60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
6/12/65 – The Beatles are announced as recipients of The Member of the Order of the British Empire Medal by Queen Elizabeth. (There is a immediate outrage amongst former recipients, many of whom return their medals in protest)
Also on 6/12, The Supremes notch their fifth straight #1 Record on the American Charts, the first American Group to do so, as “Back In My Arms Again” follows “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love,” “Come See About Me” and “Stop! In The Name Of Love” to the top of the charts.
Also on 6/12, Sonny and Cher make their first television
appearance on “American Bandstand”
