2003 Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers is found dead in his hotel room.
2003 Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers is found dead in his hotel room.
He sings it high, he plays it low
1971 Sweet releases their debut album, 'Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be'.
1971 Cat Stevens hits #7 with "Peace Train."
1971 Michael Jacksons first solo single, "Got to Be There" (#4 pop, #4 R&B), is released. Already he's had eight Top Forty hits with the Jackson 5, including four consecutive chart-toppers.
1972 Deep Purple, named the loudest band by 'The Guinness Book of World Records', receives a gold album for 'Machine Head'.
"For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation!"
(Glenn Frey)
Ah, Reflections, Co-Co, Jeanie, Funny-Funny, Spotlight..... LOVE THEM!!!!!
Just a snippet--hilarious stuff...
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1966 Jonny Rivers Poor Side Of Town was a hit (funny because his birthday is this weekend also)
1977 Iggy Pop releases the album Lust For Life
He sings it high, he plays it low
1988 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is cleared in court of charges he plagiarized himself (his former record label thought "The Old Man Down The Road" sounded too much like "Run Through The Jungle").
1995 Queen's 'Made in Heaven,' the last album of original material featuring vocalist Freddie Mercury, is released four years after his death.
"For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation!"
(Glenn Frey)
1968 John and Cynthia Lennon are divorced.
1986 Boston's Amanda hits #1.
He sings it high, he plays it low
1963-the Bee Gees first single, The Three Kisses Of Love, is released in Australia.
1966-"Paul Is Dead" was the headline.
1966-John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet at a preview of her art show.
1967-the first issue of Rolling stone magazine is published. John Lennon was on the cover.
1969-Rod Stewart releases his first album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down.
He sings it high, he plays it low
Wow! Lots of Beatle history today! The "Paul Is Dead" rumour and clues were unbelieveable! (Well, I guess to lots of people they were believeable!)
~ Cathy ~
And I dream I'm on vacation 'Cause I like the way that sounds,
It's a perfect occupation for me.
1969 'Live/Dead,' the first of many live albums by Grateful Death is released. Compiled from concerts recorded in their hometown of San Francisco between January 26th and March 2nd, 1969, it remains one of their career highlights.
1973 Art Gafunkel hits #9 with "All I Know".
1974 What Ever Gets You Through the Night (Lennon John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band) was a hit.
2004 Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) is given a "Man For Peace" prize by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Rome.
"For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation!"
(Glenn Frey)
1969-Elvis Presley's last feature film Change Of Habit opens.
1975-The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior and later becomes the subject of the hit song by Gordon Lightfoot.
2002-Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty & Elvis Costello all guest on The Simpsons.
He sings it high, he plays it low