This Day In Rock N' Roll History : February 17

Elvis Presley won his first Gold record for his second studio album 'Elvis'. It spent four weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, making Presley the first recording artist to have both albums go straight to No.1 in the same year.
Nancy Sinatra was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'These Boots Are Made For Walking', Frank's eldest daughters first No.1.
The Beatles started recording a new John Lennon song 'Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite' at Abbey Road studios, London. John's lyrics for the song came almost entirely from an antique poster advertising a circus performance scheduled to take place in Lancashire
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash recorded 'Girl From The North Country' together in Nashville at CBS Studios. The track appeared on Dylan's 'Nashville Skyline' album.
James Taylor made his TV debut on The Johnny Cash Show. Other guests included Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt
AC/DC released their debut album 'High Voltage'.
Blondie scored their first UK No.1 album when 'Parallel Lines' started a four-week run at the top of the charts,
The Clash opened the US leg of their 'Pearl Harbour '79', North American tour at New York's Palladium.
To read more about what happened in rock and Roll click this link.
https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/