June 24
LYNYRD SKYNYRD RELEASE THE CLASSIC “SWEET HOME ALABAMA”, BECOMING THEIR HIGHEST CHARTING SINGLE. IF YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY, YOU CAN HEAR RONNIE VAN ZANT SAY “TURN IT UP”, ASKING TO TURN UP THE VOLUME IN HIS HEADPHONES SO THAT HE COULD HEAR THE TRACK BETTER WHILE RECORDING.
A WORKING DRAFT OF BOB DYLAN’S “LIKE A ROLLING STONE” SET A RECORD AT AUCTION IN 2014 AFTER SELLING FOR $2 MILLION AT SOTHEBY’S. THE MANUSCRIPT, SAID TO BE THE ONLY KNOWN DRAFT OF THE FINAL LYRICS, WAS WRITTEN IN PENCIL IN 1965 BY THE 24-YEAR-OLD DYLAN.
AND BIRTHDAYS TODAY INCLUDE ROCK HALL OF FAMER MICK FLEETWOOD OF FLEETWOOD MAC WHO TURNS 77…AND GUITARIST, THE LATE JEFF BECK, BORN IN 1944.
