9 Victims

Number of people murdered by the followers of Charles Manson (above), who believed Mccartney’s “Helter Skelter” contained coded messages about an apocalyptic race war. There was nothing dark in the raucous proto-punk song’s intention: It was Mccartney’s response to critics who charged that he wrote too many ballads. (Also, that’s Ringo’s voice screaming “I got blisters on my ɿngers ” at the end.)