On this day in Music History — December 6, 1965 The Rolling Stones stepped into RCA’s Hollywood Studios in Los Angeles and cut two of their most striking mid-60s tracks: 19th Nervous Breakdown and Mother’s Little Helper. Released the following year, 19th Nervous Breakdown shot to #2 in the US and hit #1 in the UK, becoming one of the band’s most recognizable early singles. Meanwhile, Mother’s Little Helper — with its sharp social commentary and pointed drug references — climbed to #8 on the Bill

December 5, 1964 – Lorne Greene Hits #1 with “Ringo” On this day in music history, Lorne Greene — best known as the steady, dignified patriarch Ben Cartwright on NBC’s hit western Bonanza — rode straight to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with a most unlikely chart-topper. His spoken-word narrative “Ringo” became the number one song in America, making Greene only the second Canadian solo artist (after Paul Anka) to reach the top of the U.S. pop charts. The song told the moody, dramatic tale of