1966: “The Last Train to Clarksville” makes its debut on national TV for the always-adorable Monkees. It’s their first #1 hit. I was a freshman at AGHS.

1988: The Beach Boys’ last #1 hit, “Kokomo,” is released. It’s been labeled the group’s most-hated song, and featuring it in Tom Cruise’s Cocktail–big hair, skimpy bikinis—did it no favors. I was a Daddy; my son John was three weeks old.

Terry Melcher, whom Manson really wanted to kill that awful night, co-wrote the song. Mike Love is also credited as a co-writer it and, many years later, he had the B. Boys booked at Mar-a-Lago. Bad Karma all around.