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When Neil Young appeared on TV’s The Colbert Report in 2014, he talked about the environment and how he’d like to impeach US President Barack Obama. Among the albums to look for by Neil Young is the 1968 album, “Neil Young,” released by Reprise Records. If Neil Young’s name is on the cover its worth no more than $10.00. However, if his name is not on the cover then its worth up to $250.00 today. Both versions are show here.

In 1962, when political correctness wasn’t around, 42-year-old Rex Allen’s single, “Don’t Go Near The Indians,” goes top-20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is about a boy who doesn’t listen to his father’s advice and falls in love with a Native American girl, who turns out to be his biological sister. Released by Mercury Records, the 45 is not a big collectible at $10.00. However, in 1947, Mercury released a picture disc of “Feudin and Fightnin’” by Rex Allen. A copy as seen here is worth up to $1,200.00.

While on tour in Sydney, Australia, Little Richard denounces Rock ‘n’ Roll, saying “If you want to live for the Lord, you can’t take Rock and Roll too. God doesn’t like it.” Clifford Burks, his saxophone player then dares Richard to prove his “faith in God.” The legend takes the challenge. Little Richard tosses four diamond rings, valued at $8,000, into Sydney’s Hunter River. He turns to Gospel music. Five years later, he switched back to Rock ‘n’ Roll. The first of his many hits was “Tutti Frutti.” The original lyrics had to be changed from “Tutti Frutti got Booty” to “Tutti Frutti ah Rudy” in order to get airplay. The 45 on Specialty Records is worth up to $40.00 but the 78 rpm version can now sell for $100.00. Also, in 1962, the Beatles are the opening act when Little Richard rocks Liverpool.

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, made her first non-Gospel performance of her career at the Village Vanguard Club in New York. Her first record from 1956 on a 78 on the J-V-B label is “Never Grow Old.” A copy can now sell for $200.00. Her 1962 album, “Electrifying Aretha Franklin,” on Columbia Records is also worth up to $200.00.

The real Eleanor Rigby dies in her sleep in 1939 of unknown causes at the age of 44. Her tombstone is in the graveyard of St. Peter’s Parish Church in Woolton, Liverpool, a few feet from where McCartney and Lennon had met for the first time in 1957. The 1966 hit by the Beatles with “Yellow Submarine” on the flip side is worth up to $100.00 with its picture sleeve.

On Oct. 8, 1987, Chuck Berry is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His film biography, Hail, Hail Rock & Roll premiered the same night. A copy of his 1960 hit, “Too Pooped to Pop,” released on Chess Records on a 45 can now sell for $50.00. On a 78, it is worth up to $500.00.

While driving his new Cadillac in Baton Rogue, Louisiana , Joe Tex becomes only the second man in America to be charged for driving while watching a TV on his dashboard. He is best known for his 1967 hit, “Skinny Legs and All.” Released on Dial Records, a copy is worth up to $25.00. His most collectible 45, “Pneumonia,” released on King Records in 1956, can now sell for $500.00. Make it $600.00 for a promo copy as seen here.

In 1978, the Rolling Stones performed “Beast Of Burden” on Saturday Night Live. The 45 with picture sleeve is a big collectible with a value up to $3,000.00. Beware of counterfeits. Original sleeves are a light lavender. Fakes are more of a grape or purple color.

George Harrison’s “Something” is something when it is released as the “A” side of a Beatles’ 45, a first for Harrison. With “Come Together” on the flip side, the single will reach number one. A copy on Apple Records is worth up to $20.00. However, if you see the logo for Capitol records on the “Come Together” side, (It would be in the lower right corner on the edge) the value jumps up to $125.00. If either version comes with a generic record company sleeve that has the words, “The Beatles on Apple,” with the rest of the sleeve a solid black, you can add up to $200.00.

Olivia Newton-John had her first # 1 album in 1974 with “If You Love Me, Let Me Know”, which contained her third U.S number one single, “I Honestly Love You.” However, a copy is not worth much more than $10.00. What collectors “honestly” want is a copy of the album “Xanadu” from 1980 with Olivia Newton-John’s picture on the vinyl. It’s worth up to $6,000.00.