APRIL 11
TODAY IN 1970 THE MCCARTNEY-SUNG BEATLES’ SINGLE “LET IT BE” SAT ATOP THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART FOR THE FIRST OF TWO WEEKS. WHEN IT WAS RELEASED, IT HAD THE HIGHEST BILLBOARD CHART DEBUT AT THE TIME.
IN 1992 PEARL JAM APPEARED ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PERFORMING “ALIVE” FROM THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘TEN’.
ON THIS DAY IN 1961 BOB DYLAN MADE HIS PROFESSIONAL SINGING DEBUT AT GERDE’S FOLK CITY IN NEW YORK’S GREENWICH VILLAGE OPENING FOR JOHN LEE HOOKER AND PERFORMING A NEW SONG, “BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND.”