May 26
ON THIS DAY IN 1967 THE BEATLES RELEASE THE MASTERPIECE ALBUM, ‘SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND’ WITH ITS ICONIC ALBUM COVER, DEPICTING THE BAND POSING IN FRONT OF A COLLAGE OF CELEBRITIES AND HISTORICAL FIGURES. IT WOULD GO TO NUMBER ONE FOR 15 WEEKS IN AMERICA AND 22 WEEKS IN THE UK.
TODAY IN 1972, THE FIRST DAY OF THE FOUR-DAY UK FESTIVAL ‘THE GREAT WESTERN EXPRESS’ TOOK PLACE WHICH INCLUDED SUCH ACT AS THE FACES, JOE COCKER, HUMBLE PIE, SLADE, NAZARETH, THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP, AND GENESIS, PLUS A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FLEETWOOD MAC’S STEVIE NICKS, THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE A DOUBLE INDUCTEE INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, WHO’S TURNING 76 TODAY.
