On this day (Dec. 4) in 1965: The Byrds started a three-week run at #1 on the US singles chart with Turn! Turn! Turn! (backed with She Dont Care About Time), on Columbia Records; the groups second US chart topper (it reached #26 in the UK) was inspired by the Book of Ecclesiastes from the Bible & originally set to music in 1959 by Pete Seeger; unlike their first #1, Mr. Tambourine Man, the entire band was allowed to play on the recording, instead of studio musicians (some record company execs might of regretted this, since it reportedly took the band over 50 takes to capture the final version released as a single!)…
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 04:53:59 +0000
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