Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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JUNE 23 |  

TODAY IN 1976, PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS COMPLETE THEIR ‘WINGS OVER AMERICA’ TOUR AT THE FORUM IN LOS ANGELES. TWO DAYS EARLIER, RINGO STARR APPEARED ON STAGE DURING THE BAND’S FINAL SONG AND PRESENTED HIS FORMER BANDMATE WITH FLOWERS.  

TODAY IN 1979, SUPERTRAMP’S ALBUM, ‘BREAKFAST IN AMERICA’ CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE U.S. ALBUM CHART ON THE STRENGTH OF THREE HIT SINGLES, “THE LOGICAL SONG”, “GOODBYE STRANGER”, AND “TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME”.  

AND IN 2016, AFTER A TRIAL IN WHICH THE THREE LIVING MEMBERS OF LED ZEPPELIN TESTIFIED, A JURY RULED THAT THEY ARE NOT GUILTY OF PLAGIARIZING THE INTRO OF “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN” FROM THE 1968 ‘SPIRIT’ SONG “TAURUS.” 

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