AUGUST 10
TODAY IN 1968 CREAM’S THIRD ALBUM, ‘WHEELS OF FIRE’ HIT NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART. THE TWO-DISC LP CONTAINS ONE DISC OF STUDIO RECORDINGS AND THE OTHER RECORDED LIVE. THE ALBUM FEATURES THE CLASSIC TRACK “WHITE ROOM”.
TODAY IN 1976, ELTON JOHN STARTS A 10 NIGHT RUN AT NEW YORK’S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. THE ONE AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS GENERATED BY THE SHOWS BREAKS THE RECORD SET BY THE STONES THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO IAN ANDERSON, THE LEADER OF ‘JETHRO TULL’. THE MAN WHO TURNED THE FLUTE INTO A ROCK AND ROLL INSTRUMENT IS 77.