AUGUST 17 |
AUGUST 17TH, 1969, WAS THE THIRD AND FINAL DAY OF THE WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL. JIMI HENDRIX WOULDN’T END HIS SET UNTIL MID-MORNING THE FOLLOWING DAY. AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS WERE SETS BY THE BAND, JOE COCKER, AND CROSBY STILLS NASH AND YOUNG.
IN 1991, NIRVANA FILMED THE VIDEO FOR THEIR BREAKTHROUGH SINGLE, “SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT,”. IT FEATURES NIRVANA PLAYING AT A PEP RALLY IN A HIGH SCHOOL GYM. THE VIDEO WON NIRVANA THE BEST NEW ARTIST AND BEST ALTERNATIVE GROUP AWARDS AT THE 1992 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS.
AND IN 1974, ERIC CLAPTON HAD HIS FIRST #1 ALBUM WITH “461 OCEAN BLVD.” IT ALSO FEATURED HIS FIRST #1 SINGLE, HIS COVER OF BOB MARLEY’S “I SHOT THE SHERIFF.”
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