AUGUST 16 |
GENESIS PARTED WAYS WITH PETER GABRIEL ON THIS DAY IN 1975. THEY WOULD AUDITION OVER 400 SINGERS BEFORE DECIDING THAT HIS REPLACEMENT WAS ALREADY IN THE BAND: PHIL COLLINS.
IN 1986 RICK ALLEN, DRUMMER WITH DEF LEPPARD MADE HIS FIRST LIVE APPEARANCE WITH THE BAND AFTER LOSING AN ARM IN A CAR ACCIDENT, WHEN THEY APPEARED AT THE MONSTERS OF ROCK FESTIVAL IN ENGLAND.
MILLIONS MOURNED WORLDWIDE ON AUGUST 16, 1977, WHEN THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL, ELVIS PRESLEY, DIED OF A HEART ATTACK IN HIS GRACELAND MANSION. HE WAS JUST 42 YEARS OLD. IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS, THOUSANDS OF FANS WOULD GATHER AROUND HIS HOME, GRACELAND, TO PAY TRIBUTE
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