Big day in music history....this day is the birthday of music greats Pat Boone (1934), Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood (1947), producer legend Michael Landau (1958), "Jagged Little Pill" singer Alanis Morissette (1974), alt-folk legend Brandi Carlile (1981), and more.
Its also, sadly, the day we lost soul legend David Ruffin of the Temptations, who died in 1991.
Also on this day we had debut albums release by David Bowie (1967), Black Sabbath (1970), and the Eagles (1972), and also saw the release of what many consider the greatest rock-n-roll album of all time, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by the Beatles (1967).
Elvis hit #1 with "Surrender" (1961), Leslie Gore hit #1 with "Its My Party" (1963), Simon & Garfunkel hit #1 with "Mrs. Robinson" (1968), Ray Stevens' song "Everyting is Beautiful" goes to #1 (1970)....Dolly Parton moves to Nashville to launch music career (1964), George Harrison sees Ravi Shankar in concert (1966), leading to his embrace of Indian music, "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones released (1968), John Lennon recorded "Give Peace a Chance" (1969), Paul McCartney's "James Bond" theme song "Live and Let Die" is released (1973), the Rolling Stones kicked off their first tour with guitarist Ron Wood (1975), AC/DC graced the cover of the very first issue of Kerrang! Magazine, the Prince album "Around the World in a Day" (the follow-up to "Purple Rain") his number one on the album charts (1985), Ed Sheeran was the most played pop act and "Uptown Funk" the most played song of 2016, and Grateful Dead singer/guitarist Jerry Garcia's "Wolf" guitar was auctioned for charity and sold for $2.5 million!
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