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TODAY IN 1974 PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WING’S THIRD ALBUM, ‘BAND ON THE RUN’ TOPPED THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART. IT WENT ON TO SELL OVER 6 MILLION COPIES WORLD-WIDE AIDED BY TWO HIT SINGLES, “JET” AND THE TITLE TRACK “BAND ON THE RUN”.
“BENNIE AND THE JETS”, ELTON JOHN’S SONG ABOUT A GLAMROCK GODDESS WHO WEARS ELECTRIC BOOTS AND A MOHAIR SUIT, HITS #1 IN AMERICA TODAY IN 1974. DESPITE SOUNDING AS THOUGH IT WAS RECORDED LIVE, THE SONG WAS ACTUALLY TAPED IN A STUDIO IN FRANCE, WITH LIVE SOUND EFFECTS ADDED IN LATER.
AND IN 1999 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS RELEASE THEIR ALBUM ‘ECHO’ CONTAINING THE HIT SINGLE “FREE GIRL NOW”
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