FEBRUARY 7
TODAY IN 1969 THE WHO RECORDED ‘PINBALL WIZARD’ IN LONDON, ENGLAND. IT IS ONE OF THE BAND’S MOST FAMOUS LIVE SONGS, BEING PLAYED AT ALMOST EVERY WHO CONCERT AND IS FEATURED ON THEIR 1969 ROCK OPERA ALBUM ‘TOMMY’.
ON THIS DAY IN 1964, THOUSANDS OF BEATLES FANS GREETED PAN AM FLIGHT 101 AS IT ARRIVED AT NEW YORK’S JFK AIRPORT. THE BEATLES WERE IN TOWN TO PLAY “THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW”. THIS EVENT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF “BEATLEMANIA” IN AMERICA.
FINALLY, IN 1980 PINK FLOYD BEGAN ‘THE WALL’ TOUR IN THE U.S. DURING THE SHOW IN LOS ANGELES, A 30-FOOT-HIGH WALL MADE OF STYROFOAM BLOCKS WAS CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE 160-FOOT STAGE