insert_link Music This Day in Music History – December 18th 1961 - Britain's EMI Records rejected the Beatles. They later signed them. 1964 - Funeral services were held in Chicago for Sam Cooke. 1965 - U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler recorded "Ballad of the Green Berets." 1971 - Jerry Lee Lewis and his cousin Myra Brown were divorced. They were married when she was 13 years old. 1975 - Rod Stewart announced that he was leaving Faces for a […] todayDecember 18, 2020