APRIL 25
ON THIS DAY IN 1979, THE POLICE MADE THEIR TV DEBUT ON BBC’S ‘TOP OF THE POPS’ PERFORMING “ROXANNE”, THEIR FIRST SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM ‘OUTLANDOS D’AMOUR’.
IN 1981 DENNY LAINE LEAVES THE BAND ‘WINGS’, ESSENTIALLY MAKING PAUL MCCARTNEY A SOLO ACT ONCE MORE.
AND TODAY IN 1990, THE FENDER STRATOCASTER THAT JIMI HENDRIX PLAYED AT WOODSTOCK, INCLUDING HIS VERSION OF THE “STAR SPANGLED BANNER,” WAS AUCTIONED OFF IN LONDON FOR $295,000.