Sean Ono Lennon reunites with Les Claypool for a trippy new collaboration, Ozzy Osbourne's infamous bat incident marks 44 years, newly surfaced Pink Floyd concert footage emerges from 1977 and more...
Have a Rockin Day,
Hippy Pete
New Sean Lennon Song (With Les Claypool)
TODAY IN CLASSIC ROCK
1957 â Twenty-four-year-old Patsy Cline wins first place on CBS's Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts with her rendition of "Walking After Midnight." The song had already been recorded in November 1956, and Decca Records rush-released it three weeks later, eventually peaking at #2 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
1957 â Elvis Presley begins filming his second movie, Loving You, cementing his transition from music sensation to Hollywood star.
1959 â The Kingston Trio receives their first Gold record for "Tom Dooley," one of the songs that launched the folk music craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
1961 â Del Shannon records his breakout single "Runaway" at a studio session. The song would top the US charts by April and become one of the most iconic tracks of the early '60s.
1963 â The Four Seasons release the single "Walk Like A Man," which would become one of their signature hits.
1963 â The Beatles record "Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why" at EMI House in London for the Radio Luxembourg program The Friday Spectacular, which aired on January 25.
1965 â The Byrds complete recording "Mr. Tambourine Man" at Columbia Recording Studios in Hollywood after two days in the studio. The Bob Dylan cover would launch the folk-rock movement and become their first #1 hit.
1966 â George Harrison marries model Pattie Boyd in Surrey, England, with Paul McCartney serving as best man. The couple met on the set of A Hard Day's Night. Boyd would later inspire Eric Clapton's "Layla" after he fell in love with her.
1967 â The Monkees' "I'm A Believer" remains at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for its fourth consecutive week, with their debut album also dominating the album charts.
1968 â Jimi Hendrix records Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" at Olympic Studios in London with help from The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones on percussion and Traffic's Dave Mason on twelve-string guitar. The recording would become Hendrix's highest-charting single in the US, peaking at #20.
1975 â Olivia Newton-John releases the single "Have You Never Been Mellow," while Earth, Wind & Fire release "Shining Star" on the same day.
1978 â The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album hits #1 on the US album chart, where it would remain for an astonishing 24 consecutive weeks. The Bee Gees-led double album would go on to sell over 40 million copies worldwide.
1979 â Lynyrd Skynyrd reunites at the Volunteer Jam in Nashville, Tennessee, marking the first time the band performed together since the tragic 1977 plane crash that killed three members. The surviving members perform an instrumental version of "Free Bird" alongside The Charlie Daniels Band.
1979 â Robert Plant, lead singer of Led Zeppelin, and his wife Maureen celebrate the birth of their son Logan.
1938 â Wolfman Jack (born Robert Weston Smith), the legendary DJ who blasted rock 'n' roll to the masses from a high-powered radio signal at XERF-AM in Mexico during the 1960s, is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1941 â Richie Havens is born in Brooklyn, New York. He would famously open the Woodstock Festival in 1969 with an extended two-hour performance and later score a US #16 hit with his cover of George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun."
1942 â Edwin Starr (born Charles Edwin Hatcher) is born in Nashville, Tennessee. After growing up in Cleveland and launching his career in Detroit, he joins Motown, where he records the protest anthem "War" and the hit "Twenty-Five Miles."
1942 â Country singer-songwriter Mac Davis is born in Lubbock, Texas. He would write "In The Ghetto" and "A Little Less Conversation" for Elvis Presley.âââââ
