DECEMBER 16
TODAY IN 1966 THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE RELEASED THEIR FIRST SINGLE, “HEY JOE” IN THE UK. IT WAS ALSO THE LAST SONG HENDRIX PERFORMED AT THE WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL IN 1969 AND AS SUCH, IT WAS THE FINAL SONG OF THE WHOLE FESTIVAL.
BILLY JOEL HAD HIS LAST NUMBER ONE ALBUM WHEN “STORMFRONT” REACHED THE TOP OF THE U.S. CHARTS IN 1989. THE ALBUM FEATURED ONE OF JOEL’S THREE NUMBER ONE HITS, “WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE” – THE OTHER TWO WERE “TELL HER ABOUT IT” IN ‘83 AND “IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME” IN 1980.
HAPPY 74TH BIRTHDAY TO GUITARIST, SINGER, SONGWRITER, AND FOUNDER OF ZZ TOP, WILLIAM “BILLY” GIBBONS, BORN TODAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
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