THIS DATE IN MUSIC HISTORY (September 4th): 1946: Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service, guitar) was born 1954: The first Grand Old Opry appearance for Elvis Presley, along with Bill Black and Scotty Moore -- after the show, the Oprys manager, Jim Denny, told Elvis he should go back to driving a truck 1962: The Beatles first formal recording session at Abbey Road Studios 1965: Help! started a three-week run at #1 on the the US singles chart for The Beatles 1965: The Whos van is stolen outside the Battersea Dogs Home while they were inside buying a guard dog -- more than £5000 worth or equipment is stolen, but the van was later recovered -- when asked to identify the vehicle, Yoda is purported to have stated, Whos van is that 1971: Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey goes to #1 on the US singles charts for Paul McCartney (he did have an Uncle Albert) 1972: In Texas, concessionaire Francisco Caruso was killed, during a Wishbone Ash concert, after refusing to give a fan a free sandwich 1972: John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon Show 1976: Fleetwood Mac, the album, was at #1 on the US album charts -- it had been on the charts for more than one year 1982: Eye Of The Tiger was at #1 on the UK singles charts for Survivor 1982: Abracadabra was at #1 on the US singles charts for The Steve Miller Band 1986: Gregg Allman is arrested for drunk driving in Florida .... just after getting his license back following a five-year suspension 2008: The Jimi Hendrix guitar first torched on stage sold for £280,000 at an auction (a Fender Stratocaster burned following a show at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, London, in 1967)
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:47:00 +0000
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