JANUARY 21
TODAY IN 1968 JIMI HENDRIX RECORDS HIS VERSION OF THE BOB DYLAN SONG ‘ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER’ AT OLYMPIC STUDIOS IN LONDON. ROLLING STONES’ GUITARIST BRIAN JONES HELPS WITH PERCUSSION WHILE DAVE MASON FROM TRAFFIC ADDS THE TWELVE-STRING GUITAR.
IN 1977 PINK FLOYD RELEASE THEIR TENTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘ANIMALS’ WHICH CONTINUES THE LENGTHY ARRANGEMENTS THAT MADE UP SUCH PREVIOUS WORKS AS ‘MEDDLE’ IN ’71 AND ‘WISH YOU WERE HERE’ IN ‘75.
AND IN 1984 YES HAS THE #1 SONG IN AMERICA WITH “OWNER OF A LONELY HEART” FROM THEIR ALBUM ‘90125’.