JULY 26
THE WORLD’S FIRST BEATLES CONVENTION OPENED IN BOSTON ON THIS DATE IN 1974. JOE POPE’S STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER FAN CLUB ORGANIZED THE EVENT . . . A DAY-LONG SWAP MEET FOR BEATLES BUTTONS, FAN CLUB RECORDS, SOUVENIR PROGRAMS, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH LIVERPOOL’S FAB FOUR.
IN 1977 TRAGEDY STRUCK THEN-LED ZEPPELIN VOCALIST ROBERT PLANT. WHILE IN AMERICA FOR A CONCERT TOUR, PLANT RECEIVED A CALL INFORMING HIM THAT HIS SON KARAC HAD DIED OF A VIRAL INFECTION. THE BOY WAS JUST 6 YEARS OLD.
AND TODAY THE LYRICS TO THE ROLLING STONES’ TUNE “TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE” TAKE ON A MORE PERSONAL MEANING FOR MICK JAGGER, AS HE CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY. JAGGER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1943.