JUNE 16 |
ON THIS DAY IN 1967 THE 3-DAY MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL IN CALIFORNIA BEGAN, THE FIRST OF MANY BIG ROCK FESTIVALS, WITH THE WHO, STEVE MILLER, JANIS JOPLIN, JIMI HENDRIX AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD AMONG THOSE PERFORMING. MANY CONSIDER IT THE BEGINNING OF THE “SUMMER OF LOVE.”
TODAY IN 1972, DAVID BOWIE RELEASED HIS LANDMARK ALBUM, ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’. THE ALBUM HAS SOLD OVER 7 MILLION COPIES AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1999 48-YEAR-OLD PHIL COLLINS GETS A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
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