June 12
TODAY IN 1971 THE ROLLING STONES RELEASE THE SINGLE “WILD HORSES”. THE SONG WAS COWRITTEN BY GRAM PARSONS AND ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON ‘THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS’ ALBUM PRIOR TO THE STONES’ RELEASING IT ON THEIR ‘STICKY FINGERS’ ALBUM.
IN 1982 THE ‘NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT RALLY’ WAS HELD IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK, WHERE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, JAMES TAYLOR, JACKSON BROWNE, AND LINDA RONSTADT ALL PERFORMED. THIS GATHERING WAS PROBABLY THE LARGEST ANTI-NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEMONSTRATION IN U.S. HISTORY WITH AN ESTIMATED CROWD BETWEEN 750,000 TO OVER A MILLION PEOPLE.
AND, TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS INCLUDE THE LATE BRAD DELP, FOUNDING VOCALIST FOR BOSTON BORN IN 1951, AND CHEAP TRICK DRUMMER BUN E CARLOS, WHO’S 74
