AUGUST 23
IN 1975, ‘ONE OF THESE NIGHTS’ BY THE EAGLES ENTERED ITS LAST WEEK ATOP THE U.S. ALBUM CHARTS AS ELTON JOHN’S ‘CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY’ WOULD KNOCK IT FROM THE NUMBER ONE SPOT THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
THE BEATLES PLAY SHEA STADIUM FOR THE SECOND TIME ON THIS DAY IN 1966 WITH THE FAB FOUR PERFORMING ELEVEN SONGS.
AND TODAY IN 1967, THE LATE KEITH MOON OF ‘THE WHO’ CELEBRATED HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY BY DRIVING A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL INTO A HOLIDAY INN SWIMMING POOL. THE WHO WAS BANNED FROM THE HOTEL CHAIN FOR LIFE AFTER THE INCIDENT