DECEMBER 30
TODAY IN 1974 BOB DYLAN RECORDS “TANGLED UP IN BLUE,” WHICH WAS RELEASED AS THE OPENING TRACK ON HIS 15TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘BLOOD ON THE TRACKS’. THE SONG RECEIVED WIDESPREAD ACCLAIM FROM MUSIC CRITICS, WITH PARTICULAR PRAISE FOR THE LYRICS.
ON THIS DAY IN 1999, GEORGE HARRISON AND HIS WIFE OLIVIA ARE ATTACKED IN THEIR HOME BY AN INTRUDER WHO STABS THE FORMER BEATLE SEVERAL TIMES. HARRISON SURVIVES THE LIFE THREATENING ATTACK, THANKS TO OLIVIA’S QUICK THINKING AND THE COUPLE’S SECURITY SYSTEM.
ON DECEMBER 30, 1972, THE MOODY BLUES WERE ON TOP OF THE U.S. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘SEVENTH SOJOURN’. THIS MARKED THEIR FIRST AMERICAN #1 AND SOLIDIFIED THEIR STATUS AS PSYCHEDELIC ROCK PIONEERS.