AUGUST 23 |
TODAY IN 1969, THE ROLLING STONES ENJOY THEIR FIFTH AMERICAN CHART TOPPER WHEN “HONKY TONK WOMEN” STARTED A FOUR-WEEK RUN AT NO.1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART.
IN 1975, ‘ONE OF THESE NIGHTS’ BY THE EAGLES ENTERED ITS LAST WEEK ATOP THE U.S. ALBUM CHARTS AS ELTON JOHN’S ‘CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY’ WOULD KNOCK IT FROM THE NUMBER ONE SPOT THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
AND TODAY IN 1967, THE LATE KEITH MOON OF ‘THE WHO’ CELEBRATED HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY BY DRIVING A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL INTO A HOLIDAY INN SWIMMING POOL. THE WHO WAS BANNED FROM THE HOTEL CHAIN FOR LIFE AFTER THE INCIDENT.
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