Today in Rock n' Roll History

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And some people think we're over the top!

But the tween girls still do that for groups like the Jonas Brothers. Must be a rite of passage.

[Koala]

1969 John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.

1980 Joseph Riveria, a 28 year old truck driver from Texas, walks in the the New York offices of Elektra/Asylum Records, draws a gun and takes the office manager hostage. He demands to see either Jackson Browne or the Eagles, from whom he wants money to finance his trucking operation. Eventually, Riviera surrenders to police without hurting anybody.

1988 Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson) was a hit.

1991 Eric Clapton's four year-old son Conor falls to his death from the window of a 53rd-story New York City apartment.

2003 The day America and three other countries begins bombing Iraq, Bruce Springsteen opens his show in Melbourne, Australia with an acoustic version of “Born in the U.S.A.” followed by his cover of Edwin Starr’s “War (What Is It Good For)”. Later in the show he dedicated “Land of Hope and Dreams” to “innocent Iraqi civilians.”

[Koala]

1983 Pink Floyd release The Final Cut, their last album recorded with Roger Waters.

1987 Beatlemania returns to US charts as the group holds down the Top 4 on US CD chart:
1. Hard Day’s Night
2. Please Please Me
3. Beatles for Sale
4. With the Beatles

1991 Leo Fender dies.

1994 Bruce Springsteen wins the Best Original Song Academy Award for "Streets Of Philadelphia" from the movie, "Philadelphia".

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1975 'Physical Graffiti,' a double album by Led Zeppelin, reaches #1 in its second week of release. It stays there for six weeks.

1980 "Another Brick in the Wall," by Pink Floyd, tops the singles charts for the first of four weeks. It is their second and final Top Forty single in the US.

1991 Mike & the Mechanics release third album 'Word of Mouth'.

1997 Paul McCartney’s birth certificate is sold to a bidder for Beatles memorabilia for $84,146.

2000 A fan falls 90 feet to his death during a KISS concert at the Oakland Arena in California.

2006 Aerosmith cancel their North American tour as Steven Tyler enters hospital for throat surgery. A publicist denies the singer is suffering from throat cancer.

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1963 Johnny Cash records "Ring Of Fire".

1964 John Lennon's first book, 'In His Own Write,' is published and becomes an instant best-seller.

1972 Pink Floyd spend the first of eight days recording performances at Pompeii, Italy’s Roman amphitheater.

1978 In today’s issue of Rolling Stone, it’s reported that Fleetwood Mac are planning on performing in Moscow. However, their adviser Michael Shapiro says there’s one small condition: “Everything of course, depends on world peace.”

1999 Pope John Paul II’s “Abba Pater” compact disc is released. It rings up brisk sales in Italy, selling 50,000 copies on the first day of release. The CD features 11 tracks in which the pontiff chants and prays in Latin with a rich musical accompaniment.

2003 U2 makes their Oscar debut performing at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards. The Irish quartet plays “The Hands That Built America” from “Gangs of New York.”

2004 An album Paul Simon recorded in 1965 that has never saw the light of day in America gets its first official release there. “The Paul Simon Songbook,” previously only available as an import and long out-of-print even in that form, is released via Columbia/Legacy. The original 12-track album was recorded in the wake of the lukewarm response afforded Simon & Garfunkel’s 1964 debut, “Wednesday Morning 3 A.M.”

[Koala]

1966 Simon and Garfunkel hit UK chart for first time with Homeward Bound.

1973 Lou Reed (“Walk on the Wild Side”) is bitten by a fan who jumps on stage in Buffalo, N.Y.

1985 One More Night (Phil Collins) was a hit!

1986 Lionel Richie’s “Say You Say Me,” the theme from the film “White Nights,” wins an Oscar for Best Original Song.

2000 Elton John’s Aida opened on Broadway. It took Elton 21 days to write the music and five years to make the production.

2001 A Bon Jovi-headlined concert at the Colonial Stadium in Melbourne grosses Australian $1.7 million to benefit flood-stricken farmers.

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1978 In today’s issue of Rolling Stone, it’s reported that Fleetwood Mac are planning on performing in Moscow. However, their adviser Michael Shapiro says there’s one small condition: “Everything of course, depends on world peace.”

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Originally Posted by Koala
1978 In today’s issue of Rolling Stone, it’s reported that Fleetwood Mac are planning on performing in Moscow. However, their adviser Michael Shapiro says there’s one small condition: “Everything of course, depends on world peace.”

They just wanted to let Carter know not to drop any atomic bombs on Russia while they were there.

[Koala]

1947 Elton John is born.

1967 The Who perform their first US shows in New York (at Murray The K’s Easter rock-and-roll extravaganza).

1967 Cream arrive in the U.S. to begin their first American tour. Featuring Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton.

1980 “Another Brick in the Wall,” Pink Floyd was a hit.

1995 Cher/ Chrissie Hynde/ Neneh Cherry/ Eric Clapton : Love Can Build A Bridge : UK single is no. 1 chart topper.

1999 Robbie Williams loses his two-year court battle with Nigel Martin-Smith, the manager of his former band Take That.

2005 Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s Buckinghamshire mansion catches fire. The pair are treated for smoke inhalation after rescuing their pets from the blaze.

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1948 Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is born.

1975 The movie version of "Tommy" premieres in London.

1980 The Police became the first Western pop group to play in Bombay, India for over ten years when they played a one off gig in the city.

2000 Phil Collins won an Oscar at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song with 'You'll Be In My Heart' from the Disney animated feature 'Tarzan.'

2006 Readers of Total Guitar magazine voted the guitar solo by Jimmy Page in Led Zeppelin’s 'Stairway To Heaven' as the greatest guitar solo of all time. The 1971 track was voted ahead of tracks by Van Halen, Queen, Jimi Hendrix and The Eagles by its UK readers.