Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

North Central Florida Media Group

MARCH 30 |  

ON THIS DAY IN 1967, THE PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE COVER OF “SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND” WAS TAKEN IN LONDON. THE COVER WAS BASED ON AN INK DRAWING BY PAUL MCCARTNEY. 59 CUT-OUTS AND 9 WAX FIGURES WERE USED IN THE PHOTO, WITH EACH BEATLE PICKING SOME OF THE IMAGES TO PUT IN THE COLLAGE.  

IN 1992 THE SOUNDTRACK TO ‘WAYNE’S WORLD’ WAS THE NUMBER 1 ALBUM IN THE U.S. IT FEATURED THE RETURN TO THE CHARTS OF QUEEN’S, “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”, ACTUALLY MAKING THE SONG A BIGGER HIT THE SECOND TIME AROUND  

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THREE-TIME INDUCTEE INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, GUITARIST ERIC CLAPTON, WHO’S 78. 

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