AUGUST 8
AND IN 1974 ERIC CLAPTON RECEIVED A GOLD RECORD FOR HIS CHART-TOPPING ALBUM, “461 OCEAN BOULEVARD” THAT CONTAINED HIS NUMBER ONE HIT, “I SHOT THE SHERIFF”
ON THIS DAY IN 1969, WHILE A POLICEMAN HELD UP TRAFFIC, THE COVER PHOTO FOR THE BEATLES ‘ABBEY ROAD’ ALBUM IS TAKEN, SHOWING THE FAB FOUR STRIDING ACROSS A ZEBRA CROSSING OUTSIDE ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS IN LONDON.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U2 GUITARIST DAVE EVANS, BETTER KNOWN AS ‘THE EDGE’, WHO WAS BORN IN 1961