NOVEMBER 10
TODAY IN 1973 ELTON JOHN’S STARTS AN 8-WEEK AT #1 IN AMERICA WITH HIS SEVENTH ALBUM ‘GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD’. IT IS HIS FIRST DOUBLE ALBUM AND FEATURES THE TITLE TRACK, AS WELL AS THE HIT SINGLES: “CANDLE IN THE WIND,” “BENNIE AND THE JETS,” AND “SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING.”
IN 1975 QUEEN SHOOT THE VIDEO FOR “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”. THE VIDEO IS SENT TO THE BBC AS SOON AS IT IS COMPLETED AND AIRS ON ‘TOP OF THE POPS’ IN THE SAME WEEK IN WHICH IT WAS FILMED.
AND IN 2002 ON THE HIT TV ANIMATION SERIES, THE SIMPSONS; MICK JAGGER, KEITH RICHARDS, TOM PETTY, ELVIS COSTELLO, BRIAN SETZER AND LENNY KRAVITZ MAKE GUEST APPEARANCES, WHERE THEY ARE DEPICTED RUNNING A ROCK ‘N ROLL FANTASY CAMP.