on this day in music history

In 1995, the rock and roll hall of fame opened its doors in Cleveland Ohio. A concert honoring the event featured: chuck berry, little richard, aretha franklin, bruce springsteen and martha and the vandellas.
In 1959, a LA disk jockey Art Laboe created the first rock n roll compilation album "oldies but goodies" because his girl friend complained about the stack of 45's that failed to drop properly onto his record player.

In 1967, the number one hit was Bobbie Gentry's "ode to billie joe"- what the heck were they throwing off the tallahachee bridge?