JULY 25
THE BOOING WAS NEARLY DEAFENING ON THIS DAY IN 1965, WHEN YOUNG BOB DYLAN TOSSED ASIDE HIS ACOUSTIC GUITAR IN FAVOR OF AN ELECTRIC ONE AT THE NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL. HISTORY CALLED IT DYLAN’S ELECTRIC DEBUT, AND SIGNAL TO ALL THAT YES, THE TIMES THEY WERE A CHANGIN’.
THE BEATLES WERE #1 ON THE AMERICAN SINGLES CHARTS IN 1964 WITH THE THEME TO THEIR FIRST MOVIE “A HARD DAY’S NIGHT.” ON THE SAME DAY THREE YEARS LATER, THE BEATLES AND THEIR MANAGER BRIAN EPSTEIN ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE CALLING FOR THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA.
AND RECORD RELEASES ON THIS DAY INCLUDED AC/DC’S “BACK IN BLACK,” IN 1980. IT WAS THEIR FIRST ALBUM WITH BRIAN JOHNSON AS LEAD SINGER. AND IN 1970, CHICAGO RELEASED “25 OR 6 TO 4.”