OCTOBER 12
ON THIS DAY IN 1968, BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY’S “CHEAP THRILLS” ALBUM HIT #1 ON THE CHARTS. IT WAS THE LAST WITH JANIS JOPLIN ON VOCALS.
IN 1979, JETHRO TULL LEADER IAN ANDERSON WAS HIT IN THE EYE BY A ROSE, THROWN BY AN OVERZEALOUS FAN AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. TWO TULL GIGS HAD TO BE CANCELLED WHILE IAN RECOVERED.
AND TODAY IN 1973, ELTON JOHN GOT A GOLD RECORD FOR HIS TWO-LP SET, “GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD.”