Things you might not know. 23 Oct. 1. 1964: J. Frank Wilson of the Cavaliers, who scored a huge teen-tragedy hit three years earlier with Last Kiss, is badly injured in his own car crash near Lima, OH, one that unfortunately also takes the life of the songs producer, Sonley Roush. 2. 1966: The Yardbirds, in their first concert featuring Jimmy Page on lead guitar, open at San Franciscos Fillmore West. 3. 1969: Columbia Records announces its intention to prosecute the purveyors of Great White Way , an unauthorized collection of unreleased Bob Dylan demos that is often considered the first bootleg record. 4. 1980: On the same day that John Lennons comeback single, Starting Over, is released, his future killer signs out of his detail as a security guard for the last time. Instead of signing Chappy, as he usually does, the killer tellingly signs out as John Lennon. Chapman would murder Lennon on December 8th of this year outside his New York City home.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:29:33 +0000