Friday 24 June 2016
Today in rock history June 24th
1942 – Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac is born in London
1944 – Jeff Beck is born in Surrey
1945 – Vocalist Colin Blunstone of the Zombies is born in Hatfield
1965 – A Spaniard in the Works, John Lennon’s follow-up to In His Own Write, is published in England
1969 –Led Zeppelin appear on Maida Vale, a BBC Studios production.
1978 – Genesis, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Devo, Brand X and The Atlanta Rhythm Section all appeared at Knebworth Park, tickets cost £6 ($10).
1984 – In Dortmund, Germany, Yes are joined onstage by Jimmy Page, who joins in on a rendition of the Beatles’ “I’m Down.”
1989 – Paul McCartney scored his seventh UK No.1 solo album with ‘Flowers In The Dirt’,
1989 – Richard Marx scored his second US No.1 single with ‘Satisfied’,
1992 – Billy Joel receives his high school diploma from Hicksville High School on Long Island, N.Y.
1999 – Eric Clapton parts with 100 of his guitars and generates over $5 million for his Crossroads Centre at Antigua, and alcohol and drug-dependency treatment center in the West Indies.
2004 – A Fender Stratocaster that Eric Clapton nicknamed “Blackie” sold at a Christie’s auction for $959,500 (£564,412) in New York, making it the most expensive guitar in the world.
2007 – The White Stripes went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Icky Thump’ the duo’s sixth studio album.
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