AUGUST 24
TODAY IN 1966, THE DOORS ENTERED SUNSET SOUND STUDIOS IN HOLLYWOOD TO RECORD THEIR DEBUT ALBUM. IN THE NEXT 8 DAYS, THEY LAID DOWN CLASSICS LIKE “LIGHT MY FIRE,” “BREAK ON THROUGH,” AND “THE END.”
IT TOOK THREE TIMES THAT FOR QUEEN TO DO ONE SONG! TODAY IN 1975, THEY STARTED WORK ON “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.” THERE WOULD BE THREE WEEKS MORE OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL OVERDUBS BEFORE THE SONG WAS FINISHED.
AND BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1944, THE LATE JIM CAPALDI, DRUMMER, SINGER, AND SONGWRITER OF TRAFFIC