APRIL 11 |
TODAY IN 1970 THE MCCARTNEY-SUNG BEATLES’ SINGLE “LET IT BE” SAT ATOP THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART FOR THE FIRST OF TWO WEEKS. WHEN IT WAS RELEASED, IT HAD THE HIGHEST BILLBOARD CHART DEBUT AT THE TIME.
IN 1981, IT WAS WEDDING BELLS FOR GUITARIST EDDIE VAN HALEN AND VALERIE BERTINELLI, CO-STAR OF THE 1980’S TELEVISION HIT, ‘ONE DAY AT A TIME’. THE TWO HAD MET EIGHT MONTHS EARLIER AT A VAN HALEN CONCERT IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. THEIR MARRIAGE WOULD LAST 25 YEARS.
ON THIS DAY IN 1961 BOB DYLAN MADE HIS PROFESSIONAL SINGING DEBUT AT GERDE’S FOLK CITY IN NEW YORK’S GREENWICH VILLAGE OPENING FOR JOHN LEE HOOKER AND PERFORMING A NEW SONG, “BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND.”
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