JUNE 14
ON THIS DAY IN 1965 PAUL MCCARTNEY RECORDS “YESTERDAY” BY HIMSELF, AFTER TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY TO FIT IN THE REST OF THE BEATLES. THE SONG WOULD LATER BE RECORDED BY OVER 3,000 OTHER ARTISTS AND BECOME THE MOST COVERED TUNE IN MUSIC HISTORY
IN 1968, A YOUNG 23-YEAR-OLD ROD STEWART GETS HIS FIRST MAJOR EXPOSURE IN AMERICA, WHEN HE OPENS A TOUR AS THE LEAD SINGER FOR THE JEFF BECK GROUP WITH A SHOW AT THE FILLMORE EAST IN NEW YORK.
AND IN 1980 BILLY JOEL STARTS A SIX-WEEK RUN AT #1 ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART WITH HIS SECOND CHART TOPPING LP, “GLASS HOUSES”. THE ALBUM FEATURES JOEL’S FIRST SONG TO PEAK AT NO.1 “IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME.”