OCTOBER 17
TODAY IN 1962, THE BEATLES MADE THEIR TELEVISION DEBUT. THEY DROVE 70 MILES ROUND TRIP, IN BETWEEN THEIR LUNCHTIME AND NIGHT SHOWS AT THE CAVERN CLUB, TO PLAY “LOVE ME DO” LIVE ON A LOCAL TV SHOW IN MANCHESTER.
SANTANA HIT #1 ON THE ALBUM CHART ON THIS DAY IN 1999 WITH “SUPERNATURAL.” THIS WAS HIS FIRST #1 ALBUM SINCE 1971. IT ALSO WON NINE GRAMMY AWARDS AND HAS SOLD MORE THAN 21 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE.
AND ERIC CLAPTON’S HIT “AFTER MIDNIGHT,” WRITTEN BY JJ CALE, WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1970.