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Jul 12, 1962
Mick Jagger and company first perform as The Rolling Stones, on a BBC radio show. In 1969, the band records "Honky Tonk Women," cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest singles
Aug 18, 1962
Ringo Starr makes his debut as the drummer for The Beatles at Hulme Hall in Birkenhead, England. Starr is destined to receive a country Grammy nomination for a session with Buck Owens
Aug 23, 1962
John Lennon, of The Beatles, marries Cynthia Powell in Liverpool, England, with bandmate Paul McCartney serving as best man. Lennon & McCartney write several country hits, including "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
Oct 8, 1962
Five years after renouncing it, Little Richard blasts back to rock & roll, performing the future country hit "Lucille" during a show at the Gaumont Theater in Dorcaster, England. The bill also features Sam Cooke and emcee Gene Vincent
Oct 10, 1962
The BBC bans Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "The Monster Mash," including a background vocal appearance by future Nashville songwriter Johnny MacRae. Among MacRae's credits: "I'd Love To Lay You Down" and "I'd Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)"
Oct 13, 1962
Don Everly collapses on stage at the outset of an English tour. He is hospitalized at Charing Cross Hospital in London for a drug overdose, though the hospital calls it food poisoning. He tries a second overdose the same day in his hotel room
Oct 27, 1962
The Rolling Stones hold their first recording session, at London's Curly Clayton Sound Studios. They eventually cut "Honky Tonk Women," deemed among country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Dec 7, 1962
Bass player Bill Wyman auditions for The Rolling Stones at London's World's End Pub. He gets the gig and plays seven years later on "Honky Tonk Women," judged one of country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Dec 9, 1962
Record producer George Martin visits the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where he first sees The Beatles, the clients who bring him to fame. Martin goes on to produce 1980s country hits for Kenny Rogers
Dec 15, 1962
Bass player Bill Wyman makes his first live appearance with The Rolling Stones at Putney's Church Hall in London. He plays on their hit "Honky Tonk Women," hailed among the 500 greatest country records in a Country Music Foundation publication
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