MAY 1
ON THIS DAY IN 1966 THE BEATLES MAKE THEIR FINAL LIVE, PAID APPEARANCE IN THE U.K. WHEN THEY PLAY A 15-MINUTE SET AT THE NME POLL WINNERS CONCERT AT EMPIRE POOL, WEMBLEY.
WRITTEN BY JACKSON BROWNE AND EAGLES BAND MEMBER GLENN FREY, WHO ALSO PROVIDES LEAD VOCALS, THE EAGLES RELEASE “TAKE IT EASY” TODAY IN 1972 AS THE OPENING TRACK OF THE BAND’S DEBUT ALBUM.
AND IN 1976 LED ZEPPELIN’S ALBUM, ‘PRESENCE’, WITH THE ROCKERS “ACHILLES LAST STAND” AND “NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE,” HITS #1 IN AMERICA.