Today in Rock n' Roll History

1963 The Beach Boys score their first Top Ten hit with "Surfin' USA," Brian Wilson's reworking of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen."

1968 Simon and Garfunkel scored their second US No.1 album with 'Bookends'.

1974 Sweet hits #27 in the UK with 'Sweet Fanny Adams'.

1978 After seeing The Hype (soon to become U2) appearing at the Project Arts Centre, in Dublin, Paul McGuinness became their manager.

1985 Dire Straits scored their second UK No.1 album with 'Brothers In Arms', also No.1 in the US and 24 other countries. It went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide.

1995 the earliest known recording of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, from 1961, was sold at Christies in London for £50,250 ($85,425).

2003 Elton John, Taylor Dayne and Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys play Vienna’s Life Ball to benefit AIDS charities.

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1968 Simon and Garfunkel scored their second US No.1 album with 'Bookends'.

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Ahhh Bookends! I loved that at the time

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1974 Sweet hits #27 in the UK with 'Sweet Fanny Adams'.

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My second favorite Sweet album. Has my favorite Sweet song on it, Set Me Free.

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Who said these boys only played Bubble gum music and couldn't ROCK?

1948 Stevie Nicks is born.

1964 Marianne Faithful recorded the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards song ‘As Tears Go By’, accompanied by future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page on guitar and John Paul Jones on bass.

1964 Lenny Kravitz is born.

1966 'The Best of the Animals' enters the U.S. albums charts. It will peak at #6 and stay on the charts for an incredible 113 weeks.

1969 John and Yoko began an eight-day 'bed in', in room 1742 of The Hotel La Reine Elizabeth, Montreal, Canada, to promote world peace. They recorded ‘Give Peace a Chance’ in the hotel room (Petula Clark can be heard on the chorus).

1974 Tragedy struck at a David Cassidy concert at London's White City when over 1,000 fans had to be treated by first aid workers due to the frenzied excitement. One fan Bernadette Whelan died from heart failure four days later.

1994 Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley secretly wed in the Dominican Republic. Elvis’ daughter files for a divorce 20 months later citing irreconcilable differences.

2008 Paul McCartney is awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from Yale University.

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1948 Stevie Nicks is born.

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Ahhh, that explains Soda's avatar and sig!

Yeah, I thought something important must be up! Very cute!

1964 Eleven boys were suspended from a school in Coventry, England for having Mick Jagger haircuts.

1972 Cat Steves hits #6 with "Morning Has Broken."

1977 Declan McManus made his 'live' debut at the Nashville in London as Elvis Costello.

1977 The Sex Pistols single 'God Save The Queen' was released in the UK. Banned by TV and radio, high street shops and pressing plant workers refused to handle the record. It sold 200,000 copies in one week and peaked at No.2 on the UK charts.

1989 Cliff Richard released his one hundredth single, 'The Best Of Me', which became his 26th Top 3 UK hit.

2005 Robbie Williams was voted into first place beating Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie to be named the best live solo artist. A UK nation-wide survey of 5,000 people saw the former Take That star beat music icons including Madonna, Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan. U2 were named best live band, ahead of Queen and Oasis, in a poll by Carling to celebrate the UK's live music scene.

2006 For the first time in their 22-year career, Red Hot Chili Peppers score a No. 1 album on the US album chart with ‘Stadium Arcadium’ the bands ninth studio album, also a UK No.1.

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1972 Cat Steves hits #6 with "Morning Has Broken."

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1945 John Fogerty was born.

1977 Heart, Steve Miller, The Eagles and Foreigner all appeared at the Oakland-Alameda County Stadium in California.

1983 the four day US Festival '83' took place in California, featuring The Clash, U2, David Bowie, The Pretenders, Van Halen, Stray Cats, Men At Work, Judas Priest, Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson. INXS, Joe Walsh, Motley Crue and Ozzy Osbourne. Over 750,000 fans attended the festival.

1998 Elton John & Bernie Taupin’s global hit “Candle In the Wind ‘97″ is a double winner at the Ivor Novello Awards held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. The song commemorating the late Princess Diana wins best-selling U.K. single and international hit of the year. Accepting the award, John calls his victory “bittersweet,” noting, “I wish this record had never had to be made.”

2007 The Police kicked off their 152 show Reunion Tour at General Motors Place in Vancouver, Canada in front of 22,000 fans.

1942 Bing Crosby recorded the Irving Berlin song ‘White Christmas’. It went on to become the biggest-selling single of all time with sales of over 30 million. (It was overtaken by the 1997 Elton John version of ‘Candle In The Wind’.)

1969 'Crosby, Stills & Nash' is released. It is popular on both AM and FM radio, and it hangs on the album chart for 107 weeks. It also yields two hit singles: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (#21) and "Marrakesh Express" (#2).

1977 Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Kenny Logins all appeared at the Tangerine Bowl, Orlando, Florida. Tickets cost $10 - $12.50.

1983 Kiss appear in concert for the last time in makeup (until the inevitable reunion).

1991 In Ohio a truck sideswipes Steve Winwood’s tour bus. Stevie is unhurt.

2001 The Eagles made their first ever visit to Russia when they appeared at SC Olymisky in Moscow.

2007 a piano used by John Lennon on the night he died was put up for sale for $375,000 (£189,000) on The Moments in Time memorabilia website. The upright grand piano was part of the Record Plant Recording Studios in New York where the former Beatle recorded his 1971 Imagine album. Lennon was said to be so fond of the instrument that he had it moved to whichever studio he was working in and had used the piano hours before being shot on 8 December 1980.

1968 The Beatles begin recording their "White Album"

1969 Supertramp forms.

1974 Excerpts from Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells' are included in 'The Exorcist' soundtrack.

1999 A bomb threat forces the evacuation of more than 3,000 people at a Kenny Rogers concert at Royal Albert Hall in London. No bomb is found and no injuries are reported. I’m extremely disappointed, Rogers states. “I don’t understand who benefits from this. It’s an unpolitical gathering of people who are out for a night of good fun.”

2000 During their first gig without guitarist Noel Gallagher, in Milan, singer Liam tells the audience, “Oasis are a f*cking band, not just one person.”

2005 Coldplay's new album was illegally put on the internet a week before its UK and US release. The leak took place on the day copies were sent to UK radio stations and the day before it went on sale in Japan. Security measures around the release included hosting album playbacks at Abbey Road studios for journalists instead of sending them copies of the album, any CDs that were sent out were labelled with a false name - The Fir Trees - to throw would-be pirates off the scent.

2007 a leaked copy of the new White Stripes album ‘Icky Thump’ was played completely on Chicago’s radio station Q101-WKQX. Jack White personally called the US radio station from Spain, where he was touring, to voice his displeasure.

1948 John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin is born.

1966 "The Monkees" series debut on NBC-TV.

1976 The Who gave themselves a place in the Guinness book of Records as the loudest performance of a rock band at 120 decibels, when they played at Charlton Athletic Football ground.

1986 Peter Gabriel scored his second solo UK No.1 album with 'So' featuring the singles 'Sledgehammer' and a duet with Kate Bush 'Don't Give Up'.

1989 At New York's International Rock Awards, Keith Richards is given the Living Legend Award. The Rolling Stones guitarist joins in the all-star jam with Eric Clapton and Tina Turner.

1947 Ron Wood is born.

1964 The Rolling Stones visit the U.S. for the first time. Their arrival at Kennedy Airport is commemorated in the song "Flight 505."

1975 The Rolling Stones kicked off their biggest ever US tour at Louisiana State University. The tour would take in 45 shows in 26 cities. Guitarist Ron Wood joined The Stones on tour for the first time, replacing Mick Taylor.

1982 Madness were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'House Of Fun'. The group's only No.1 from 27 UK Top 40 hits.

1985 Bruce Springsteen kicked off the European leg of his Born in the USA world tour at Slane Castle in Dublin, Ireland.

1996 'Three Lions', (the official song of the England Football team) by Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds went to No.1 on the UK singles chart.

1997 Kenny Rogers marries his production assistant Wanda Miller at their farm in Athens. It is the fifth marriage for Rogers, 58, and the second for Miller, 30.

2004 U2 frontman Bono tries to persuade European Union ministers to extend debt relief programs for the world’s poorest countries when he addresses a special meeting in Dublin.

2007 contemporary musicians recorded their own versions of songs from the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album to mark 40 years since it was released. Acts including Oasis, Travis, The Fray, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Bryan Adams and The Magic Numbers all worked with Geoff Emerick - the engineer in charge of the original 1967 sessions, using the original analogue 4-track equipment to demonstrates the techniques employed for the recording at Abbey Road studios in 1967.

1941 Charlie Watts is born.

1964 The first U.S. Rolling Stones concert is held, at a high school in Lynn, Massachusetts.

1973 Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham settles an argument with promoter Bill Graham at a San Francisco gig by emptying a bucket of water over him.

1973 Paul McCartney had both the No.1 positions on the US charts when 'Red Rose Speedway', went to the top of the album chart and 'My Love', started a four week run as the No.1 single.

1984 Wham! had their first UK No.1 with 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.' Written and produced by George Michael, one half of the duo. Inspiration for the song was a scribbled note left by his Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley for Andrew's parents, originally intended to read "wake me up before you go" but with "up" accidentally written twice, so Ridgeley wrote "go" twice on purpose.

1995 Country star Travis Tritt spends the night in a Nashville hospital after collapsing in a recording studio. He is treated for severe exhaustion and dehydration.

1997 Bob Dylan is released from the hospital, where he was treated for pericarditis brought on by histoplasmosis. He says, "I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I'd be seeing Elvis soon."

2003 Following a dispute over songwriting credits with John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney agrees to let "Lennon-McCartney" be. McCartney outraged many Beatles fans by demanding "Yesterday" and other McCartney songs be credited to "McCartney-Lennon."

1972 Jethro Tull hits #1 in the US with 'Thick as a Brick'.

1972 Pink Floyd released Obscured By Clouds in the UK. The album which was recorded in Paris France in less than two weeks peaked at No.6 on the UK chart and No.46 on the US chart.

1983 US session drummer Jim Gordon murdered his mother by pounding her head with a hammer. A diagnosed schizophrenic, it was not until his trial in 1984 that he was properly diagnosed. Due to the fact that his attorney was unable to use the insanity defense, Gordon was sentenced to sixteen years-to-life in prison in 1984. A Grammy Award winner for co-writing Layla with Eric Clapton, Gordon worked with The Beach Boys, John Lennon, George Harrison Frank Zappa and many other artists.

1984 Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper) was a hit.

1993 U2 re-sign with Island, guaranteeing six albums over the next 10 years. The deal nets them $60 million and a royalty rate of 25 percent on their recordings. Very nice.

1998 Alex Van Halen bruises his arm after a chunk of plaster falls from the ceiling of Hamburg's Docks club. Van Halen cancel their concert as a result.

2000 Allman Brother Dickey Betts is arrested after threatening his wife with a knife, destroying his living room in Florida, and disappearing. When discovered by police after a helicopter search, he is sent to a psychiatric unit.

2002 Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Cliff Richard, Ozzy Osbourne, The Corrs, Will Young, Atomic Kitten and S Club 7 all appeared at The Queen's Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace, London.

1942 Glenn Wallichs launched Capitol Records in the US. The label became home to such artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Glen Campbell, Steve Miller, Dr. Hook, Bob Seger, Tina Turner, Heart and countless others. Wallichs was the man who invented the art of record promotion by sending copies of new releases to disc jockeys.

1966 James Brown hits #8 with "It's A Man's Man's Man's World".

1969 hundreds of people in Glenrowan, Australia signed a petition protesting against the casting of Mick Jagger in the role of the Australian folk hero, Ned Kelly.

1977 Sweet hits #151 in the US with 'Off the Record'.

1984 Bruce Springsteen released the album, ‘Born In The USA’, which went on to top the US chart for 7 weeks and spawn 7 Top 10 singles.

1992 The US Postal Service announced the results of a poll conducted to see which picture of Elvis Presley should be used on a commemorative stamp. The young Elvis beat the (older and larger) Vegas Elvis.

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1977 Sweet hits #151 in the US with 'Off the Record'.

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That makes me angry!! Why didn't the US ever embrace this band like the European countries did?

The U.S. didn't get any of the 'glam rock' acts - not Slade, not T. Rex and not even that period of David Bowie. The costumes may have been a bit too 'camp' for some people. Slade's songs, great as they are, were probably too British. Sweet did have a couple of minor hits when they moved closer to 'rock' with Fox On The Run.

It works both ways. By the time punk and New Wave arrived in Britain American 'arena' bands like Journey, Kansas, Styx and so on didn't have a hope there because they were seen as 'dinosaurs'.

1940 Tom Jones is born.

1969 supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Steve Winwood made their live debut at a free concert in London's Hyde Park.

1969 The Who's 'Tommy', a double-album rock opera, debuts on U.S. charts.

1970 The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles) was a hit.

1975 Elton John's "Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy" album LP becomes the first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard chart.

1977 Led Zeppelin played the first of six sold out nights at Madison Square Garden, in New York City.

1997 Hanson started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'MMMbop'. Originally called The Hanson Brothers, lead singer Zak Hanson was just 13-years-old at the time of the hit. One of the biggest debut singles of all time; reaching No.1 in 27 countries.

2009 Elton John's stage musical "Billy Elliot" wins ten Tony awards, including Best Musical.

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1997 Hanson started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'MMMbop'. Originally called The Hanson Brothers, lead singer Zak Hanson was just 13-years-old at the time of the hit. One of the biggest debut singles of all time; reaching No.1 in 27 countries.

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And this was about the same time I had a major revelation - I was getting old! :hilarious:

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The U.S. didn't get any of the 'glam rock' acts - not Slade, not T. Rex and not even that period of David Bowie. The costumes may have been a bit too 'camp' for some people. Slade's songs, great as they are, were probably too British. Sweet did have a couple of minor hits when they moved closer to 'rock' with Fox On The Run.

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I've always like Sweet & Bowie and knew a couple of Marc Bolan & T. Rex and Slade (how can you not move when you hear Run Runaway?) but since I joined my Sweet board a few years ago, I've been given a whole new perspective on Glam & really appreciate they groups now along with Status Quo, Sparks, Suzy Quatro and a few more!!!

Status Quo were never really 'glam' though. They have always been a 12 bar boogie band. You will have to tell me which of their songs you are familiar with. They didn't really hit their peak until 1975 (the year I saw them).

1953 Bonnie Tyler ( 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart') is born.

1960 Mick Hucknall ( Simply Red) is born.

1969 Founder member of The Rolling Stones Brian Jones announced that he was leaving the group, saying that he no longer saw 'eye to eye' with the rest of the band.

1970 Deep Purple had their van and equipment impounded by East German police while on an European tour, after mistakenly driving too close to the border.

1074 Bill Wyman became the first Rolling Stone to release a solo album with 'Monkey Grip', (it peaked at No.39 in the UK and No.99 in the US).

1974 Dolly Parton was at No.1 on the US country chart with 'I Will Always Love You'. The Parton penned song later became a worldwide hit for Whitney Houston in 1992.

1991 Bruce Springsteen married Patti Scialfa, at their Beverley Hills home.

1998 The Rolling Stones announce that they are postponing the U.K. dates on their current European tour until June of the following year. A statement cites “rescheduling problems, insurance claims, and tax issues.
2003 Led Zeppelin were at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘How The West Was Won’, the bands seventh US No.1 album.

2003 Billy Joel wins a Tony Award for the orchestration of his Broadway musical, "Movin' Out"

2007 George Michael was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and banned from driving for two years at Brent Magistrates court, north London. The 43-year-old who was arrested last October after being found slumped at the steering wheel of his car pleaded guilty to driving while unfit, blaming "tiredness and prescribed drugs" for the offence.

2008 Rolling Stone magazine published a list of the Top 50 guitar songs of all time. No.5 was ‘Brown Sugar’ by The Rolling Stones, No.4 , ‘You Really Got Me’ By The Kinks, No.3, ‘Crossroads’, by Cream, No.2 ‘Purple Haze’, by Jimi Hendrix and No.1 ‘Johnny B Goode’, Chuck Berry.

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2003 Led Zeppelin were at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘How The West Was Won’, the bands seventh US No.1 album.

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Oh Yeah--One of my faves along with the BBC Sessions!!

FP--I didn't mean glam so much as different kind of band. Along with The Rubettes and Showaddywaddy. The US just has never really embraced music that was not the norm so to speak. And how about Geordie, Siouxsie & The Banshees and Mud? Don't understand why none of the groups I mentioned weren't given a chance here.

As far as Status Quo--not a huge fan but like Rain, Wild Side of Life, Caroline & Break The Rules.

1915 Les Paul was born.

1964 During an evening session Bob Dylan recorded ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City.

1967 Pink Floyd played two gigs in one day, the first at the College of Commerce in Hull, and then the UFO at The Blarney Club, Tottenham Court Road, London, England.

1970 Bob Dylan is awarded an honorary degree in music from Princeton University.

1972 Record executive John Hammond makes Bruce Springsteen his latest signing to CBS.

2002 it was announced that Rolling Stone Mick Jagger was to be given a knighthood for his services to music.

2002 Peter Gabriel marries longtime companion Meah Flynn at the Li Capanni hotel he owns near Sardinia’s Emerald Coast.

2007 George Michael became the first music artist to perform at the new Wembley Stadium in London when he played the first of two shows at the venue during his ‘25 Live Tour’.

1975 The Eagles release One of These Nights.

1978 The Rolling Stones open a tour in Lakewood, Fla. Bill Wyman falls off stage.

1981 Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, John Wetton, and Carl Palmer form Asia.

1986 Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead went into a five day diabetic coma, resulting in the band withdrawing from their current tour.

1989 Jason Donovan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of the Brian Hyland 1962 hit 'Sealed With A Kiss'. Donovan became the first Australian act to enter the UK charts at No.1.

2004 Ray Charles died aged 73.

2004 Peter Garrett, the former lead singer of Midnight Oil (“Beds are Burning”), announces he will run for a seat on the Australian parliament as a Labour Party candidate.

1966 European radio stations- mistakently report The Who leid singer Roger Daltry is dead.

1978 The top ten posters for sale in this week NME includded Deborah Harry, Olivia Newton Kohn, Saturday Night Fever, Cheryl Ladd in hot pants, Yes live and Genesis.

1988 Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday Tribute took place at Wembley Stadium, featuring Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Stevie Wonder, Tracy Chapman, George Michael, Eric Clapton, UB40, The Eurythmics and Simple Minds. The event was broadcast live on BBC 2 to 40 different countries with an estimated audience of 1 billion.

2002 Paul McCartney marries his second wife, Heather Mills, in Irland( the markige lasts less than sie years).

2005 Jimmy Page was awarded an OBE 005and Queen guitarist Brian May was awarded a CBE.

1964 the Beatles arrived in Adelaide, Australia and were greeted by an estimated 250,00 fan. The biegest welcome the band ever receife.
1977 Dreams by Fleedwood Mac was a hit.

1982 Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Jackson Brown, Linda Ronstadt and Gary ‘US’Bonds all appeard at a rally for nuklear disarmament in Central Park, NYC to over450,000 fans.

2001 Georgia Hohnohrs native son Travis Tritt by renaming a three-mile Sektion of Highway 92 “ Travis Tritt Highway.

2005 Pink Floyd announced Thai would reunite wich former Bassist Roger Waters, on July 2 for tue Live 8 concert.

1967 The Bee Gees appeard live on tue UK TV schow “As Like it”. The Group were promoting their debut single “ New York mining Disaster 1941”.

1989 “ The City of Angles” Soundtrack, featuring Peter Gabriel’s “Grieve” Hits #1 in the US.

2000 a roadie who worked for Oasis, Spice Girls and Elton Jhon was arrested and charged wich smuggling millions of Pohunds woth of Ecstasy into tue Uk.

2003 Sting was awarded a CBE and David Gilmour to a CBE.

1961 Boy George (George O'Dowd) was born

1964 12-year-old Carol Dryden was discovered by railway workers packed in a tea chest on a station platform addressed to The Beatles.

1971 Roxy Music is formed.

1980 Peter Gabriel scored his first UK No.1 album with his third solo release 'Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)'.

1986 Queen scored their 5th UK No.1 album with 'A Kind Of Magic', featuring the single 'One Vision'.

1986 Bob Geldof was named in HRH The Queen’s Birthday Honours List, receiving an honorary Knighthood in recognition of his humanitarian activities.

1995 Irish rock great Rory Gallagher dies at age 47 in London from complications following a liver transplant.

2002 Mick Jagger became a Sir when he was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

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2003 The elder statesman of music were rewarded in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list for their services to music. Sting was awarded...

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I love this term. Joe used it in a radio interview last year or the year before. It sounds so dignified, a title the Eagles have certainly earned.

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1964 12-year-old Carol Dryden was discovered by railway workers packed in a tea chest on a station platform addressed to The Beatles.

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I had to read this twice - it's so bizarre!

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1964 12-year-old Carol Dryden was discovered by railway workers packed in a tea chest on a station platform addressed to The Beatles.

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I agree PM. What exactly does this mean? Anyone have this story?

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I agree PM. What exactly does this mean? Anyone have this story?

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Couldn't find much more rhan this:

1964: Workers at a London railway station open a tea chest addressed to the Beatles and find 12-year-old Carol Dryden, a fan who'd decided to mail herself to the group.

Wow--12 years old! I wonder how long she'd been in there and how far she had gotten. Wonder if her parents had a clue.

I found this snippet from a Northern newspaper:

Its columnist John Wearmouth is looking for Carol Dryden, a local girl who was 12 at the height of Beatlemania and posted herself to the group in a tea chest, snugly lined with blankets and equipped with a flask for the trip. Postal problems were not unknown then, as now, and she unfortunately ended up in a depot at Crewe where her taps - the flask being empty and the blankets manky - got her let out. Where is she now, asks John Wearmouth, an appeal which the Northerner happily amplifies. If she still has her tea chest, the Beatles museum in Liverpool will surely feature it in the coming European Capital of Culture festivities.

I bet her mum had kittens!

Manky is a new word to me - I assume it means stinky?

Yeah... dirty, or just a bit gross!

OK thanks.

Oh, and had kittens means...had a fit?

Yep :)

1967 Guitarist Peter Green quit the Jhon Mayall Band. Greens new Band was Fleedwood Mac.

1974 ABBA’s debut Album “Waterloo” entered the UK Charts for tue first time.

1985 Dire Straits startet a nine-week run at#1 on tue US Album Charts wich “ Brothers in Arms”

1989 Pink Floyd appeared in Canal di San Marco, Venice, Italy on a floating stage . Over 200000 people attendet the gig.