DECEMBER 14
ON THIS DAY IN 1978 BILLY JOEL PLAYS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE LATER BECOMES THE FIRST MUSICAL ACT TO HOLD RESIDENCY AT THE VENUE, WHERE HE CONTINUES TO PERFORM REGULARLY TO THIS DAY.
TODAY IN 1979, THE CLASH RELEASED THEIR THIRD STUDIO ALBUM ‘LONDON CALLING’. CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THEIR BEST WORK, IT SERVED AS THE GROUP’S COMMERCIAL BREAKTHROUGH IN THE U.S. FEATURING SUCH ENDURING SONGS AS THE TITLE TRACK, AND “TRAIN IN VAIN”.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1980, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE GLOBE OBSERVED A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THE LATE JOHN LENNON. IN LIVERPOOL, LENNON’S HOMETOWN, THOUSANDS GATHERED AT ST. GEORGE’S HALL AND IN NEW YORK’S CENTRAL PARK, A CROWD ASSEMBLED NEAR THE “IMAGINE” MEMORIAL WITH A STRONG SENSE OF UNITY AND MOURNING.
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