JULY 15
ON THIS DAY IN IN 1989, OVER 200,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED A FREE PINK FLOYD SHOW IN VENICE, ITALY–MORE THAN TWICE WHAT THE AUTHORITIES PLANNED FOR. IT WAS ALSO BROADCAST LIVE TO OVER 20 COUNTRIES.
TODAY IN 1972 ELTON JOHN STARTED A FIVE-WEEK RUN AT #1 ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART WITH “HONKY CHATEAU”, HIS FIRST U.S. CHART TOPPER. TWO SINGLES FROM THE LP WERE RELEASED, “ROCKET MAN” AND “HONKY CAT”.
AND IN 1978 THE ROLLING STONES’ “SOME GIRLS” TOPPED THE ALBUM CHART. IT WAS THE BAND’S FIRST LP TO FEATURE GUITARIST RONNIE WOOD AS A FULL-TIME MEMBER AND FEATURED THE HIT SINGLES “MISS YOU”, “BEAST OF BURDEN”, AND “SHATTERED”