AUGUST 8
TODAY IN 1968 THE BAND RELEASE THE SINGLE “THE WEIGHT” FROM THE GROUP’S DEBUT ALBUM ‘MUSIC FROM BIG PINK’. IT IS ONE OF THE BAND’S BEST-KNOWN SONGS.
ON THIS DAY IN 1969, WHILE A POLICEMAN HELD UP TRAFFIC, THE ICONIC COVER PHOTO FOR THE BEATLES ‘ABBEY ROAD’ ALBUM IS TAKEN, SHOWING THE FAB FOUR STRIDING ACROSS A ZEBRA CROSSING OUTSIDE ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS IN LONDON.
AND IN 1987 U2 SCORED THEIR SECOND U.S. #1 SINGLE FROM THEIR ‘JOSHUA TREE’ ALBUM WITH “I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR”. AND IT’S U2’S GUITARIST DAVE “THE EDGE” EVANS BIRTHDAY, WHO TURNS 63 TODAY.