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    Quote Originally Posted by Prettymaid View Post


    I loved this album! According to Wiki, it's one of the best selling albums of all time.
    Ah, to relive the summer when I turned 15...that's what I think about whenever I hear a song off this album.
    ~Eva~

    ...the calling of the tide's eternal tune, the phases of the moon, the chambers of the heart, the egg and dart...

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    1947
    Timothy B. Schmit was born.

    1972
    Genesis hits #12 in the UK with 'Foxtrot'.

    1988
    Kokomo (The Beach Boys) was a hit.
    "For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation!"
    (Glenn Frey)


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    1964
    "Baby Love" by the Supremes hits #1.


    1970
    The more folk-oriented `Led Zeppelin III' becomes the band’s second #1 album

    1986
    Roger Waters files suit to formally dissolve Pink Floyd, a legal battle that
    will drag on for years without deterring David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright from recording as Pink Floyd.
    "For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation!"
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    1969 The Rolling Stones film Sympathy For The Devil debuts in San Francisco

    1974 Elton John's The Bitch Is Back hit #2 and Bad Company's Can't Get Enough hits #5.

    1974 George Harrison becomes the first Beatle to perform solo in Bristish Columbia.

    1994 David Crosby is hospitalized for liver failure.
    He sings it high, he plays it low

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    1977
    An exhausted EltonJohn announces at a London concert that he is retiring from live performances, which he does – for 15 months.

    1988
    'American Dream', by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, is released. Recorded at Neil Young´s California ranch studio, it is the second studio album by the CSNY foursome, appearing 18 years after 'Deja Vu'.

    2005
    Eric Clapton is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Princess Anne.
    "For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation!"
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    1972 James Taylor and Carly Simon are married.

    1991 Santana performs for a crowd of 350,000 (WOW) at a memorial concert in San Fransisco for Bill Graham.
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    OMG, I had no idea James Taylor and Carly were married at some point! I'm pretty up my my musical knowledge, but this... wow, I'm embarrassed!

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    1978
    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are sued for one million dollars by a former bass player over royalties he claims he was due.


    1983
    Yes hit #5 in the US with '90125'.
    "For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation!"
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    1967 Aretha Franklin hits #8 with Natural Woman and Sam & Dave hit #2 with Soul Man.

    1972 Rick Nelson hits #6 with Garden Party.
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    1941 Art Garfunkel was born.

    1967 Bee Gee Robin Gibb is on a train that derails near London, killing 49 people

    1987 'Tunnel of Love' becomes Bruce Springsteen's fourth #1 album, following 'The River', 'Born in the U.S.A.' and 'Live 1975-85'.
    According to 'Billboard', he is the only artist to amass four #1 albums in the past ten years.

    2000 The Who lend their voices to Fox-TV's "The Simpsons"
    "For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation!"
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