JANUARY 30
THE FAMOUS BEATLES ROOFTOP CONCERT TOOK PLACE TODAY IN 1969 ON THE ROOFTOP OF THEIR APPLE CORPS HEADQUARTERS IN CENTRAL LONDON’S OFFICE AND FASHION DISTRICT. JOINED BY KEYBOARDIST BILLY PRESTON, THE GROUP PLAYED 42 MINUTES AND WAS THE LAST TIME THE BEATLES PERFORMED IN PUBLIC.
TODAY IN 1988 INXS LAND THEIR FIRST AND ONLY US #1 WITH “NEED YOU TONIGHT” FROM THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ALBUM ‘KICK” WHICH ALSO FEATURED THE HITS “NEW SENSATION”, “NEVER TEAR US APART” & “DEVIL INSIDE”
AND HAPPY 73RD BIRTHDAY TO SINGER, SONGWRITER AND DRUMMER PHIL COLLINS WHO ROSE TO PROMINENCE AS A MEMBER GENESIS BEFORE ESTABLISHING HIMSELF AS A SOLO ARTIST.
