2006: Three impoverished South African women whose father, Solomon Linda, had written "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in 1939, won a six-year court battle that will give them 25 per cent of all past and future royalties from the song.

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1961: Ricky Nelson records "Hello Mary Lou", which would climb to number 9 in the US by early May.

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1971: Reprise Records releases Jethro Tull's fourth album, "Aqualung". It would go on to sell more than seven million copies worldwide, but spawned just one charting single in the US, "Hymn 43", which stalled at #91 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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1962: Gary "U.S." Bonds appears on The Ed Sullivan Show performing his latest hit, "Twist, Twist, Senora", which will reach #9 in April.

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1968: The Bee Gees make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing "Words" and "To Love Somebody".

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