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1965-Keith Richards is electrocuted and knocked unconscious during a concert in Sacramento. (That explains alot doesn't it?)
1966-The first Monkees concert is held in Hawaii.
1969-John Lennon is asked to play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day.
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1969-John Lennon is asked to play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day.
What genius thought that would go over well? :lol:
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1956 The "Million Dollar Quartet"—Presley, Perkins, Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis—records old gospel, country and pop songs at an impromptu session. The recordings aren't officially released until the mid-Eighties.
1971 Yes hits #4 in the US with 'Fragile'.
1976 Former Deep Purple lead guitarist Tommy Bolin dies in Miami of multiple drug overdoes.
1980 Led Zeppelin releases a statement announcing that it is disbanding in the wake of drummer John Bonham's death.
1983 Say Say Say (Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson) was a hit.
1993 Frank Zappa dies of prostate cancer at home in Los Angeles, California.
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1965-Keith Richards is electrocuted and knocked unconscious during a concert in Sacramento. (That explains alot doesn't it?)
1966-The first Monkees concert is held in Hawaii.
1969-John Lennon is asked to play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day.
Poor Keith couldn't stay out of trouble even in the 60s :hilarious:
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1965 The Beatles release their "Rubber Soul" album and "Day Tripper" single (which, strangely enough, isn't from that album).
1969 Led Zeppelin enters the Top Forty with "Whole Lotta Love," which reaches #4. It is this album-oriented band's highest-charting single.
1969 Hell's Angels members used as security kill a man holding a gun (and three other audience members die, as well) as the Rolling Stones play their infamous concert in Altamont, California.
1975 'Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon's third solo album of the Seventies, tops the album charts.
1993 The Eagles tape a video for country star Travis Tritt's version of "Take It Easy", which leads to the group's reunion.
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This article about Altamont has a Bernie mention:
Chris Hillman Calls Altamont 'A Complete Nightmare' - Spinner.com
After the Flying Burrito Brothers' first song at Altamont, a member of the band pleaded with the crowd, "Please, you people -- stop hurting each other." Chris Hillman, a member of the Burrito Brothers, had no idea that someone would be killed that day but he tells Spinner he had reservations before the concert even began.
"I had a bad feeling about even doing it," says Hillman, whose bandmates included Gram Parsons and Bernie Leadon. "I said, 'I don't want to do this show.' Gram talked everybody into it because he was sort of kowtowing to the Rolling Stones at the time. But it was a complete nightmare for everybody involved."
Forty years ago on Dec. 6, the '60s music festival scene, which began optimistically with the Monterey Pop Festival and reached an apex at Woodstock, came to a violent end. It had been the Stones who came up with the idea of a free concert -- a gift to their fans -- at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. On the recommendation of the Grateful Dead, members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang were hired to provide security. But instead of protecting fans, they bullied them, along with the acts that performed there.
During Jefferson Airplane's performance, a biker knocked guitarist Marty Balin unconscious. Having seen that, the Grateful Dead refused to play. While the Burrito Brothers did perform, they didn't stick around.
"That was such an ugly day," Hillman says. "As soon as the last note was resonating off my bass, I handed it to the road guys and I left. We just got out of there as quick as we could."
Later, as the Stones performed 'Under My Thumb,' 18-year-old Meredith Hunter was stabbed and beaten to death by members of the Angels, a chilling scene later shown in the 1970 movie 'Gimme Shelter.' While the death would put an end to music festivals for many years, it had an even broader implication: Hillman, who had performed at Monterey with the Byrds in 1967, said it also marked the end of the peace movement.
"From the light of Monterey -- a perfect weekend -- to Altamont, where somebody was murdered, that was the beginning of the end for the social experiment of the '60s," he says.
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1963 The Beatles appear on the British TV show "Jukebox Jury" declaring Elvis Presley's new record, "Kiss Me Quick", a "hit".
1974 Genesis hits #10 in the UK with 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'.
1984 Michael Jackson testifies in a Chicago courtroom that he, not an Illinois man, wrote "The Girl Is Mine" (he wins).
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1987-MTV launches it's first game show, Remote Control.
1994-Billy Joel is given Billboard's Century Award.
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1987-MTV launches it's first game show, Remote Control.
Oh my gosh, I freaking LOVED this show. It's the only game show where you got to eat Cheetoes while answering. ;) It's where Colin Quinn, Adam Sandler, and Pauly Shore got their starts. What a blast from the past!
That was back before MTV sucked.
For those not familiar with it, here's a clip from YouTube:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OLcvfVmws[/ame]
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1943 Jim Morrison of the Doors is born
1973 Roxy Music's 'Stranded' tops the UK charts for a week.
1973 Elton John hits #2 with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," the title track from a double album that would itself reach #1 and remain on the album charts for two years.
1980 John Lennon is shot by a deranged assailant as he and Yoko return to the Dakota after a recording session. He is pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital.
1995 The Grateful Dead officially disband, four months after the death of Jerry Garcia.