Today in Rock n' Roll History

[TimothyBFan]

1968-Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits plays the title role while Burl Ives is Gepetto on the NBC-TV "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of "Pinocchio".

1969-Jimi Hendrix is acquitted of drug charges in a Toronto court.
2008-Peter Grabriel breaks his leg while skiing in Switzerland.

[luvthelighthouse]

"From the light of Monterey -- a perfect weekend -- to Altamont, where somebody was murdered, that was the beginning of the end for the social experiment of the '60s," he says.

How sad... not only the death of a person, but the end of an era.

[Koala]

1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas" first airs on CBS-TV.

1967 Cream's second album, 'Disraeli Gears', enters the U.S. charts.

1967 Jim Morrison of the Doors is arrested for breach of the peace in New Haven, Connecticut.

1992 Bill Wyman retires from the Rolling Stones.

1995 The first volume of the Beatles' 'Anthology' series, produced by George Martin, enters the U.S. album chart at #1.

[TimothyBFan]

1967 -Otis Redding dies in a plane crash.

1971-Frank Zappa breaks a leg as he is thrown into the orchestra pit by a London fan's angry boyfriend, while in concert there

[Koala]

1967 Jethro Tull is formed.

1972 The first U.S. Genesis concert is held, at Brandeis University near Boston, Massachusetts.

1968 The Rolling Stones film the 'Rock and Roll Circus', with guests Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Jethro Tull and the Who.

1988 MTV Europe exceeds the 5 million household mark.

2008 Mick Jagger's home town of Dartford, England approves the naming of streets there after Rolling Stones songs.

[Prettymaid]

[quote=Koala;92235]1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas" first airs on CBS-TV.

Not sure how this relates to rock n' roll history, but it gives me the opportunity to say how much I love this cartoon. I don't watch it every year (I've memorized most of it anyway) but it is by far my favorite. I'm surprised the far left have not petitioned to have it pulled off the air yet.

[TimothyBFan]

1963-Louie Louie by the Kingsmen hits #6.

1972-Born To Boogie, a documentary filmed by Ringo Starr and starring T Rex, premieres in London.

1986-Elton John performs in Sydney Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The concert is released as a double album, Live In Australia in 1987.

1994-MTV premieres Unplugged with Bob Dylan.

[Koala]

1979 Pink Floyd releases their double-album epic, 'The Wall.' It stays at #1 for 15 weeks and has to date been certified 23 times platinum (signifying one million copies) in the US, making it the third best-selling album of all time.

1984 Duran Duran hits #2 in the US with "The Wild Boys".

1988 James Brown is sentenced to a six-year prison term after a year's worth of arrests on various assault, drug possession and vehicular charges. He leaves prison on parole on February 27, 1991.

[TimothyBFan]

1979 Pink Floyd releases their double-album epic, 'The Wall.' It stays at #1 for 15 weeks and has to date been certified 23 times platinum (signifying one million copies) in the US, making it the third best-selling album of all time.
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I have done my part to help out that cause a few times!


1969-The Peace For Christmas charity concert for UNICEF in London features John Lennon, Eric Clapton, George Harrison & Keith Moon.


2001-Joe Walsh is given an honorary Doctorate Of Music by Kent State University.

[Koala]

1961 The soundtrack to Blue Hawaii reaches #1 on the album charts, where it will remain for 20 weeks. With sales of 2 million, it is Elvis Presley´s best-selling album to date.

1966 The Jimi Hendrix Experience release "Hey Joe" in England. By February 1967, it reaches Number Four on the British charts. The next single, "Purple Haze," reaches Number Three. The group's debut album, Are You Experienced?, will remain near the top of the charts through the summer of 1967.

1977 The "Saturday Night Fever" film opens.

1983 The Who disband (until the seemingly unending series of "reunions"),