NOVEMBER 24
ON THIS DAY IN 1973 RINGO STARR WENT TO NO.1 ON THE U.S.SINGLES CHART WITH ‘PHOTOGRAPH’,A SONG CO-WRITTEN WITHGEORGE HARRISON. IT WAS HIS FIRST OF TWO U.S. CHART TOPPERS AS ASOLO ARTIST AND A TOP 10 HIT IN EIGHT OTHER COUNTRIES.
THE METALLICA COMPILATION OF COVER TUNES, ‘GARAGE, INC.’, IS RELEASED IN 1998 WHICH FEATURED COVERS OF BOB SEGER’S “TURN THE PAGE”, THIN LIZZY’S “WHISKEY IN THE JAR” AND LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S “TUESDAY’S GONE”
SADLY, TODAY IN 1991 THE ROCK WORLD LOST ‘QUEEN’ FRONTMAN FREDDIE MERCURY WHEN HE DIED AT AGE 45 AT HIS HOME IN LONDON, JUST ONE DAY AFTER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCING HE WAS HIV POSITIVE. MERCURY WAS KNOWN FOR HIS POWERFUL FOUR-OCTAVE VOCAL RANGE AND AMAZING STAGE PRESENCE
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