On this day March 6 in Rock history:

1964 -   Elvis Presley's movie career took a turn for the worse when his film Kissin' Cousins is released. Completed in just 17 days, the picture was widely panned by critics, but as always, fans flocked to theaters to see their idol. Kissin' Cousins earned $3 million at the box office and finished at #26 on the year end list of the top-grossing movies of 1964.

1965   The Temptations went to #1 on the US singles chart with the Smokey Robinson penned "My Girl", making the group the first male act to have a chart topper for Motown Records. The single reached #43 in the UK.

1966 -   The Rolling Stones begin recording "Paint It Black" at RCA Studios in Hollywood, California. After being released next May, the single will top the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK's Record Retailer chart, and make the Top Ten in twelve other countries. In 2011, the song was added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of "The Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll", and in 2018 it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

1970   Charles Manson releases an album called "Lie" to help raise money for his defense in the Tate-LeBianca murder trial. The album jacket is made to look like a cover of Life magazine with the letter f removed from the word Life. In the mid sixties, Manson had been a wanna-be musician who befriended Beach Boys' drummer Dennis Wilson, eventually talking the group into recording one of his songs, "Cease To Exist". The title was changed to "Never Learn Not To Love" and was released as the "B" side of the single "Bluebirds Over The Mountain", which eventually climbed to #61 in the US in early 1969, giving Manson a hit record on Billboard's Hot 100.

1971 -   Mungo Jerry were at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Baby Jump", the group's second and final chart topper. The song failed to chart in America.

1973 -   John Lennon's visa extension is canceled by the New York Office of the US Immigration Department, just five days after it was granted.

An attempt to bring Elvis Presley to the UK for shows at London's Earl's Court failed when promoters were told that Elvis had US tour and filming commitments. The real reason was that Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker, was an illegal US immigrant and would not leave the country for fear he would not be allowed back in.

1975 -   The Average White Band, a Scottish group playing Funk music, are awarded a Gold record for the instrumental "Pick Up the Pieces", which was #1 on the Cash Box Best Sellers chart this week.

Led Zeppelin is awarded a Gold record for the double disc album "Physical Graffiti". The LP would eventually be certified as 16 times Platinum for sales of over 8 million copies.

1976 -   England's EMI Records reissued twenty-three Beatles singles, including "Yesterday", which had never previously been released as a UK 45. All twenty-three records went on to chart in Britain.

After placing twenty-eight songs in the Top 40 of Billboard's Pop chart, The Miracles make the list for the last time when "Love Machine" went to the top. Their run included seven Top 10 hits and two number ones. "Love Machine" made it to #3 in the UK.

1981 -   Connie Francis' brother Georgie, who was a labor union lawyer, was murdered, gangland-style, in front of the Caldwell, NJ home he shared with his wife and two small sons.

1982 -   Billboard Magazine tells us that Dick Clark has donated the podium he stood behind on the original American Bandstand to the national museum at the Smithsonian.