FEBRUARY 9
ON THIS DAY IN 1964 THE BEATLES MADE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, WHICH WAS WATCHED BY OVER 73 MILLION PEOPLE. THE FAB FOUR PERFORMED “ALL MY LOVING”, “TILL THERE WAS YOU”, “SHE LOVES YOU”, “I SAW HER STANDING THERE”, AND THE CURRENT #1 SINGLE “I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND”.
IN 1990 AUSTRALIAN ROCKERS ‘MIDNIGHT OIL’ RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘BLUE SKY MINING’. THE LEAD SINGLE, “BLUE SKY MINE” TOPS BOTH THE ROCK & ALTERNATIVE CHARTS IN THE U.S.
AND TODAY IN 1970 THE DOORS RELEASE THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘MORRISON HOTEL’ FEATURING THE SINGLES “ROADHOUSE BLUES” AND “PEACE FROG”