AUGUST 10
AUGUST 10TH, 1968 WAS A GREAT DAY FOR ROCK ‘N’ ROLL. AT #1 ON THE ALBUM CHART WAS CREAM’S “WHEELS OF FIRE,” FEATURING THE HIT “WHITE ROOM.” WHILE THE DOORS WERE #1 ON THE SINGLES CHART FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW WITH “HELLO, I LOVE YOU.” AND ON THE SAME DAY, TWO CLASSIC SINGLES WERE RELEASED . . . “TIME HAS COME TODAY” FROM THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS, AND THE WHO’S “MAGIC BUS.”
TODAY IN 1985, MICHAEL JACKSON BOUGHT THE BEATLES. HE PAID 47.5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE ATV MUSIC CATALOG, WHICH INCLUDED 251 LENNON/MCCARTNEY SONGS.
AND IF YOU SEE IAN ANDERSON OF JETHRO TULL TODAY, SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THE MAN WHO TURNED THE FLUTE INTO A ROCK AND ROLL INSTRUMENT IS 78. (BORN 10 AUGUST 1947)