JULY 5
ON JULY 5TH, THE SUMMER OF 1969, THE ROLLING STONES PLAYED A FREE CONCERT IN LONDON’S HYDE PARK BEFORE A GATHERING OF NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION. THE CONCERT HAPPENED JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF FORMER STONES GUITARIST BRIAN JONES AND DURING THE SHOW MICK READ A PASSAGE FROM A SHELLEY POEM IN HIS MEMORY. THIS CONCERT ALSO MARKED THE BRITISH DEBUT OF BRIAN’S REPLACEMENT, GUITARIST MICK TAYLOR.
THE JAMES BOND THRILLER “LIVE AND LET DIE” WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1973. BEATLES PRODUCER GEORGE MARTIN DID THE MUSIC SCORING AND THE TITLE SONG WAS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS.
AND TODAY IN 1975, BAD COMPANY RELEASED “FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE.”