Today in Rock n' Roll History

[Prettymaid]

Lol!

[Koala]

1967 The Monkees were at No.1 on the UK singles with 'I'm A Believer', the group's only UK No.1.

1980 Pink Floyd's 'The Wall', started a 15-week run at No.1 on the US album chart. The group's third US No.1, it went on to sell over 8 million copies.

1993 Fleetwood Mac re-formed to perform at Bill Clinton's inauguration. The band's "Don't Stop" was used as the theme for his campaign.

2001 It was reported that Paul McCartney was set to become the world’s first pop star billionaire. McCartney was said to be worth £725 million ($1,233) and was expected to become a billionaire after huge sales from The Beatles compilation hits album.

1994 Paul McCartney inducts John Lennon into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "I love him to this day and I always did love him," says Paul McCartney

[sodascouts]

1993 Fleetwood Mac re-formed to perform at Bill Clinton's inauguration. The band's "Don't Stop" was used as the theme for his campaign.

Thank you, President Clinton, for the best inauguration celebration in the history of the United States of America.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JA1nWPFqM[/ame]

[Mrs Frey]

Maybe they didn't want people to think it was an ode to alcoholism!

"Oh Brandy, well you kissed me and stopped me from shaking, and I need you today...oh, Brandy!"

[Mrs Frey]

1994 Paul McCartney inducts John Lennon into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "I love him to this day and I always did love him," says Paul McCartney

Awww...

[Koala]

1966 The Spencer Davis Group were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Keep On Running'.

1969 Bruce Springsteen had two of his poems published in the Ocean County College Literary Yearbook Seascapes. Springsteen was in his second semester at the Toms River, New Jersey College.

1972 on the first date of a UK tour, Pink Floyd premiered their new album Dark Side Of The Moon at The Dome, Brighton, England.

1982 during a Ozzy Osbourne concert in Des Moines, Iowa, a member of the audience threw an unconscious bat onto the stage. Thinking it was one of his rubber fakes, Ozzy picked it up and bit off its head. The singer was taken to hospital to be given a rabies injection.

1985 Foreigner had their only UK No.1 single with 'I Want To Know What Love Is'. London-born Mick Jones wrote the song and sang lead vocals with the British-American rock band.

1988 The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Yoko, Sean, and Julian Lennon all attend. Paul McCartney does not attend, sending instead a letter stating that continuing business differences with the other ex-Beatles was the reason for his absence.

1990 Michael Bolton started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'How Am I Supposed To Live Without You', the singers first No.1 and the first No.1 single of the 90's in the US.

2002 George Harrison had the posthumous UK No.1 single with the re-release of the 1971 former No.1 'My Sweet Lord'. Harrison's single replaced Aaliyah's 'More Than A Woman', the only time in chart history that one deceased artist had taken over from another at No.1.

[TimothyBFan]

1982 during a Ozzy Osbourne concert in Des Moines, Iowa, a member of the audience threw an unconscious bat onto the stage. Thinking it was one of his rubber fakes, Ozzy picked it up and bit off its head. The singer was taken to hospital to be given a rabies injection. for his absence.

How many times have we all heard this story yet every time I hear it, I still say ooooooh!!!

[Prettymaid]

How many times have we all heard this story yet every time I hear it, I still say ooooooh!!!

Ewwwwww! Puey! Ick! Uhg!

[sodascouts]

Seriously! And I don't buy that whole "he thought it was fake" excuse. He did the same to a bird that he knew very well was not fake. I'm glad he had to get a rabies shot - those things hurt! Serves him right.

[Prettymaid]

I think Ozzie has paid dearly for anything he did in the past. The man is practically a walking vegetable!