March 6
TODAY IN 1970 BEATLES RELEASE THE SINGLE “LET IT BE” AS THE TITLE TRACK OF THEIR ALBUM ‘LET IT BE’. THE SINGLE VERSION OF THE SONG, PRODUCED BY GEORGE MARTIN, FEATURES A SOFTER GUITAR SOLO AND THE ORCHESTRAL SECTION MIXED LOW, COMPARED WITH THE ALBUM VERSION, PRODUCED BY PHIL SPECTOR.
ON THIS DAY IN 2000, THE 15TH ANNUAL ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY WAS HELD IN NEW YORK CITY. ERIC CLAPTON, ALREADY IN AS A MEMBER OF CREAM AND THE YARDBIRDS, BECAME THE FIRST THREE-TIME INDUCTEE.
AND CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY TODAY — PINK FLOYD GUITARIST, SINGER, AND SONGWRITER, DAVID GILMOUR, WHO TURNS 78 TODAY.
