NOVEMBER 4
THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND BECAME A BEATLEMANIAC TODAY IN 1963. AT THE BEATLES ROYAL COMMAND PERFORMANCE FOR HER MAJESTY, JOHN LENNON INTRODUCED “TWIST AND SHOUT” BY SAYING…“THE PEOPLE IN THE CHEAPER SEATS CAN CLAP YOUR HANDS. THE REST OF YOU CAN JUST RATTLE YOUR JEWELRY.”
JETHRO TULL PLAYED A SOLD-OUT CHARITY CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL IN NEW YORK ON THIS DAY IN 1970. PROCEEDS WENT TO A DRUG REHAB FACILITY CALLED “PHOENIX HOUSE.”
AND IN 1991 JOHNNY CASH, THE YARDBIRDS AND THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE WERE ANNOUNCED AS SOME OF THE 1992 INDUCTEES INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.