AUGUST 15
TODAY IN 1969, “THREE DAYS OF PEACE & MUSIC,” ALSO KNOWN AS THE WOODSTOCK MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, BEGINS AT MAX YASGUR’S FARM IN BETHEL, NEW YORK. OVER 400,000 FANS ATTEND TO SEE ACTS LIKE CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG, JIMI HENDRIX, SANTANA, CCR, JANIS JOPLIN, THE WHO, GRATEFUL DEAD, JOE COCKER, JANIS JOPLIN, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, AND 25 OTHERS PERFORM.
TODAY IN 1980 AC/DC RELEASE THE SINGLE “YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG” FROM THE ALBUM ‘BACK IN BLACK’. IT IS THEIR FIRST SINGLE WITH BRIAN JOHNSON AS THE LEAD SINGER, REPLACING BON SCOTT WHO DIED EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE DOOBIE BROTHERS FOUNDER AND FRONTMAN, ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER TOM JOHNSTON WHO TURNS 76 TODAY.