JULY 31
TODAY IN 1980, THE EAGLES PLAYED THEIR LAST CONCERT FOR 14 YEARS. DURING A CHARITY SHOW IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, TEMPERS BOILED OVER BETWEEN GLENN FREY AND DON FELDER, WHO WERE VERBALLY THREATENING EACH OTHER ON STAGE.
IN 1968, THE FIRST REHEARSAL AND RECORDING SESSION OF THE BEATLES SEVEN-MINUTE EPIC “HEY JUDE”’ TOOK PLACE AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS IN LONDON. THE PAUL MCCARTNEY SONG WAS WRITTEN ABOUT JOHN LENNON’S SON JULIAN.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE BILL BERRY, DRUMMER FOR R.E.M. WHO WAS BORN IN 1958.