NOVEMBER 17
ON THIS DAY IN 1970, ELTON JOHN RECORDED A LIVE RADIO SESSION AT A&R STUDIOS IN NEW YORK. IT LATER BECAME HIS FIRST LIVE ALBUM, 17-11-70, AND SHOWCASED HIS GROWING POWER AS A PERFORMER IN AMERICA.
ON NOVEMBER 17, 1971, FACES RELEASE THEIR THIRD STUDIO ALBUM A NOD IS AS GOOD AS A WINK… TO A BLIND HORSE. IT BECOMES THEIR BIGGEST COMMERCIAL SUCCESS AND FEATURES ROD STEWART AND RONNIE WOOD NEARING THEIR PEAK AS A ROCK DUO.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1968, DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES HIT NO. 1 ON THE U.S. CHARTS WITH LOVE CHILD, KNOCKING THE BEATLES’ “HEY JUDE” OUT OF THE TOP SPOT.