JUNE 24
TOURING PAYS OFF FOR KISS – IN 2000 THEY AUCTIONED OFF MEMORABILIA FROM THEIR TOURING DAYS. THE ITEMS BROUGHT IN $876,000 ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE TWO-DAY EVENT.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD RELEASE THE CLASSIC “SWEET HOME ALABAMA”, BECOMING THEIR HIGHEST CHARTING SINGLE. IF YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY, YOU CAN HEAR RONNIE VAN ZANT SAY “TURN IT UP”, ASKING TO TURN UP THE VOLUME IN HIS HEADPHONES SO THAT HE COULD HEAR THE TRACK BETTER WHILE RECORDING.
AND BIRTHDAYS TODAY INCLUDE MICK FLEETWOOD OF FLEETWOOD MAC WHO WAS BORN IN 1947…AND GUITARIST, THE LATE JEFF BECK, BORN IN 1944.