JULY 14 |
ON JULY 14, 1967, THE WHO BEGAN THEIR FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR OF THE U.S. BUT THEY WEREN’T THE HEADLINERS, THEY PLAYED 55 GIGS AS THE OPENING BAND FOR HERMAN’S HERMITS.
TODAY IN 1982, THE FILM VERSION OF “PINK FLOYD’S THE WALL,” HAD ITS LONDON PREMIERE. THE FILM, WHICH CENTERS AROUND A CONFINED ROCKER NAMED FLOYD “PINK” PINKERTON PLAYED BY BOOMTOWN RATS FRONTMAN BOB GELDOF, EARNED $22 MILLION IN ITS FIRST YEAR AND WON TWO BRITISH ACADEMY AWARDS.
AND TODAY IN 1987, STEVE MILLER GOT HIS VERY OWN STAR ON HOLLYWOOD’S WALK OF FAME. HE LED HIS BAND TO NINE BILLBOARD TOP 40 HITS BETWEEN 1973 AND 1982, INCLUDING THE CHART TOPPERS “THE JOKER” AND “ABRACADABRA”
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