1965: ABC-TV debuts the newest pop music show from producer Dick Clark. Where the Action Is features a theme song by Freddy Cannon, appearances by Jan & Dean, Linda Scott and Dee Dee Sharp as well as introducing America to the show’s “house band,” a little combo from Portland by the name of Paul Revere and the Raiders.


1955: Ray Charles scores his first hit, landing on Billboard’s R&B charts with his song “I Got a Woman.”