MAY 4
TODAY IN 1974 GRAND FUNK RAILROAD STARTED A TWO-WEEK RUN AT #1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH THEIR VERSION OF THE LITTLE EVA HIT “THE LOCO-MOTION”. IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THAT A COVER VERSION HAD BEEN A #1, AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL.
ON THIS DAY IN 1977, THE ORIGINAL “BEATLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL” LP WAS RELEASED. COMPILED FROM SHOWS IN 1964 AND ’65, THE SCREAMING CROWD ALMOST DROWNED OUT THE BAND.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BASSIST, VOCALIST, AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF GREEN DAY, MICHAEL PRITCHARD, KNOWN BY HIS STAGE NAME MIKE DIRNT, WHO IS TURNING 53.