MARCH 25
ON THIS DAY IN 1972 DEEP PURPLE RELEASE THEIR ‘MACHINE HEAD’ ALBUM. IT WAS RECORDED IN SWITZERLAND USING THE ROLLING STONES MOBILE STUDIO AFTER THE MONTREUX CASINO, WHERE THEY PLANNED TO RECORD, BURNED DOWN, A STORY TOLD IN THE SONG “SMOKE ON THE WATER”.
INXS, FORMED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, PLAY AMERICA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1983, PERFORMING AT THE SPIRIT CLUB IN SAN DIEGO MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THEIR JOURNEY ON THE AMERICAN MUSIC SCENE.
AND CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY, THE FORMER REGINALD DWIGHT, A.K.A. SIR ELTON JOHN WHO TURNS 78.