7/7 Musical Notes: 1956, Johnny Cash made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry, meeting his future wife, June Carter, backstage. 1969, George Harrison recorded his new song Here Comes the Sun with just two other Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at Abbey Road in London. John Lennon was absent recovering from a car crash in Scotland. 1973, Billy Preston started a two week run at No.1 with Will It Go Round In Circles, his first of two US chart toppers. 1978, The Grateful Dead played the first of four nights at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. Purported by many fans as one of the best Dead shows ever recorded, the band rocks from start to finish (The Scarlet > Fire is golden)! Stream it here and decide for yourself: https://archive.org/details/gd78-07-07.sbd.jerugim.293.sbeok.shnf 1980, Led Zeppelin played their last-ever concert when they appeared at Eissporthalle, West Berlin, at the end of a European tour. The set included: Black Dog, The Rain Song, Hot Dog, All My Love, Trampled Under Foot, Since I’ve Been Loving You, Kashmir, Stairway To Heaven and Rock And Roll. They finished the show with a 17-minute version of Whole Lotta Love. 1984, Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the album chart with Born In The USA. The album went on to spend a total of 139 weeks on the US chart. Its also one of three albums (Michael Jacksons Thriller and Janet Jacksons Rhythm Nation 1814) to produce seven Top-ten US singles. 1984, Prince started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with When Doves Cry. His first No.1, it went on to sell over 2 million copies. 1989, It was announced that for the first time compact discs were out selling vinyl albums, indeed a sad day for vinyl enthusiasts. 2006, Singer, songwriter, guitarist Syd Barrett died aged 60. Barrett was one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, and was active as a rock musician for only about seven years before he went into seclusion. He joined Pink Floyd in 1965 but left three years later after one album. Barrett released two solo albums before going into self-imposed seclusion lasting more than thirty years. 2007, The Live Earth concerts took place around the world with The Police closing the days events in New Jersey. The concerts were organised by former US Vice-President Al Gore. Rock stars from around the world performed to hundreds of thousands of fans to highlight climate change. Concerts were held in Washington, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, London, Hamburg, Tokyo, Shanghai and Sydney. 2009, Michael Jacksons family and fans said farewell to the pop superstar at a memorial service. Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey paid tribute before, Motown head Berry Gordy, who signed the Jackson Five, ended his tribute with the words: Michael, thank you for the joy, thank you for the love. You will live in my heart forever. 2010, Paul McCartney joined Ringo Starr onstage at a concert at New Yorks Radio City Music Hall to help celebrate the former Beatle drummers 70th birthday. With Ringos All Starr Band joined by Yoko Ono, Joe Walsh, Angus Young and Steven Van Zandt, Paul belted out Birthday and Ringo delivered With A Little Help From My Friends. Happy birthday to Marc Chagall, Leroy Satchel Paige, Tiny Grimes, Mary Ford, Mark White, Larry Rhino Reinhardt, Hank Mobley, Josef Zawinul, Ringo Starr & country legend Charlie Louvin! https://youtube/watch?v=ZT3ZInKueo4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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