1968: The Beatles' "Hey Jude" is released in the U.K. Their first single on Apple Records is their longest (at seven minutes and nine seconds) and soon becomes their biggest U.S. hit, spending nine weeks at #1 (from late September through November).
1972: John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden in New York. The One-to-One Concerts benefit a local school for mentally handicapped children, a cause championed by TV reporter Geraldo Rivera, who'd worked with John and Yoko on a story about her abducted daughter, Kyoko.
1981: The Rolling Stones release Tattoo You, which tops the album charts for nine weeks and sells over 3 million copies.
1993: Billy Joel is the first musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman.
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