APRIL 6
MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE GATHERED TODAY IN 1974 AT THE ONTARIO MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOR THE FIRST “CALIFORNIA JAM”, FEATURING THE EAGLES, EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER, DEEP PURPLE, AND BLACK SABBATH. THE CONCERT SET A RECORD FOR THE LARGEST PAID ATTENDANCE AND MOST POWERFUL CONCERT SOUND SYSTEM EVER ASSEMBLED.
IN 1974 BILLY JOEL SCORES HIS FIRST HIT SINGLE WITH “PIANO MAN,” WHICH DEBUTS AT #33 ON THE CHART.
AND IN 1987 THE CULT RELEASE THEIR THIRD ALBUM ‘ELECTRIC’, THE FOLLOW-UP TO THEIR COMMERCIAL BREAKTHROUGH ‘LOVE’. THE LP INCLUDES THE SINGLE “LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE”