AUGUST 16
IT’S DAY 2 OF WOODSTOCK IN 1969, FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY THE GRATEFUL DEAD, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, JANIS JOPLIN, MOUNTAIN, SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. AND SANTANA.
THE BIGGEST SINGLE IN THE SUMMER OF 1979, THE KNACK’S “MY SHARONA” RECEIVES A GOLD RECORD FOR SELLING ONE MILLION COPIES. THE KNACK’S DOUG FIEGER WROTE THE SONG FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND WHOSE PICTURE APPEARES ON THE SINGLE’S COVER.
AND IN 1989, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS RELEASE THEIR FOURTH ALBUM ‘MOTHER’S MILK’ FEATURING THE REMAKE OF STEVIE WONDER’S “HIGHER GROUND”. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST ALBUM WITH GUITARIST JOHN FRUSCIANTE AND DRUMMER CHAD SMITH.