AUGUST 30
TWO WEEKS AFTER THE WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL IN 1969, IT’S THE FIRST DAY OF THE SECOND ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL. PERFORMERS INCLUDE BOB DYLAN, THE MOODY BLUES, THE BAND, FREE, JOE COCKER AND THE WHO.
BOB DYLAN’S “HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED” ALBUM WAS RELEASED TODAY IN 1965. IT INCLUDED ONE OF HIS BIGGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL SONGS, “LIKE A ROLLING STONE.”
AND IN 1969 THE BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND BAND ‘EARTH’ CHANGES ITS NAME AND PLAYS THEIR FIRST SHOW AS ‘BLACK SABBATH’, TAKING THEIR NAME FROM A BORIS KARLOFF HORROR FILM.