DECEMBER 10
ON THIS DAY IN 1967, OTIS REDDING TRAGICALLY DIED IN A PLANE CRASH AT JUST 26 YEARS OLD. HE WAS EN ROUTE TO A SHOW IN WISCONSIN WHEN HIS PLANE PLUNGED INTO LAKE MONONA. JUST THREE DAYS EARLIER, HE RECORDED “(SITTIN’ ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY” — A SONG THAT WOULD GO ON TO BECOME HIS BIGGEST HIT.
ALSO ON DECEMBER 10, 1976 — PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS DROP ‘WINGS OVER AMERICA’ — A TRIPLE LIVE ALBUM DOCUMENTING THEIR MASSIVE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR. BLENDING WINGS HITS WITH BEATLES CLASSICS.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO NIKKI SIXX, BORN DECEMBER 10, 1958. THE MÖTLEY CRÜE CO-FOUNDER AND BASSIST IS KNOWN FOR WRITING SOME OF THE BAND’S BIGGEST HITS AND FORGING THEIR SIGNATURE SOUND.