February 6, 1962: Petit Conservatoire airs on French television. On it, Françoise Hardy, having just turned 18, sings "La fille avec toi" (meaning, "The Girl With You") and plays guitar. The hostess asked the young singer what the English-language "Yeah! Yeah!" in her lyrics meant.
The transliteration "Yé-yé" was used by sociologist Edgar Morin in an article published in French newspaper Le Monde (The World) on July 7, 1963, in which he analyzed the burgeoning youth-led pop music scene. This, combined with The Beatles' touring of Europe, is widely credited as the birth of rock and roll in Europe.
The yé-yé phenomenon was particularly big in France, led by Hardy, Serge Gainsbourg, Sylvie Vartan, and Johnny Hallyday, who became known as "The Elvis of France"; and Spain, where it was seen as a revolt against the Fascist/Catholic regime of Francisco Franco.
Hardy became an actress, and, as one of France's biggest celebrities, her love-life became gossip fodder. She continued singing and acting into the 2000s, when she developed cancer. After years of fighting various health issues, as of February 6, 2022, she is still alive, but not well enough to perform in public.
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February 6, 1962 was a Tuesday. Another birth that day that would have an effect on rock and roll was that of William Bruce Rose Jr., a.k.a. Axl Rose.
Baseball and football were out of season. The NHL did not schedule any games for that night. But there were 4 games played in the NBA, and every one of them featured a great performance by a player on the team that lost:
* The Syracuse Nationals beat the Chicago Packers, 127-123 at the old Madison Square Garden. This was the 1st game of a doubleheader.
Yes, the NBA had a team in Chicago named for the arch-rivals of the city's football team. It didn't catch on, and in 1963, they moved to become the Baltimore Bullets, eventually becoming the Washington Wizards. In this game, Walt Bellamy scored 38 points for the Packers.
* The New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 116-112, in the 2nd game at The Garden. Jerry West scored 36.
* The Detroit Pistons beat the Cincinnati Royals, 119-118 at the Cincinnati Gardens. Oscar Robertson scored 47 points for the Royals.
* And the Boston Celtics beat the St. Louis Hawks, 129-114 at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. Bob Pettit scored 37.
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