Dick Rowe was one of the most famous talent scouts in the music industry. It's safe to say he would rather you remember him for his better moments—like the day he signed The Rolling Stones to a recording contract. He'd probably like for you forget about what happened in 1962. That year an unpolished quartet auditioned for Rowe, leaving him exceedingly unimpressed. In addition to rejecting the band's desire for a recording contract, he was purported to have said, "Groups with guitars are on the way out." Within one year of Rowe's initial rejection, the Beatles began the historic British Invasion with their first #1 hit on Billboard's Top 100—"I Want To Hold Your Hand." By 1969 the Beatles had achieved a then-record, seven simultaneous #1 singles in the U.S. and U.K.