DECEMBER 22
TODAY IN 1973, ALREADY #1 IN AMERICA, ELTON JOHN STARTED A TWO-WEEK RUN AT NO. 1 ON THE U.K. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD’. THE ALBUM CONTAINS THE MARILYN MONROE TRIBUTE, “CANDLE IN THE WIND”, AS WELL AS THREE SUCCESSFUL SINGLES: “BENNIE AND THE JETS”, “GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD”, AND “SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING”.
ON THIS DAY IN 2010 THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DECLARED THE BEATLES’ FAMOUS ABBEY ROAD ZEBRA-CROSSWALK FOUND ON THE ALBUM COVER A NATIONAL HERITAGE SITE FOR ITS “CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE”.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GUITARIST RICK NIELSEN OF CHEAP TRICK. THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER IS 75 TODAY.
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