1969, LED ZEPPELIN I, THE BAND’S DEBUT ALBUM, WAS RELEASED IN THE US, COINCIDING WITH THE BAND’S FIRST HEADLINING US CONCERT TOUR. IT WAS TO PEAK AT NO. 10 IN THE US CHART, AND AT NO. 6 IN THE UK. THE RIAA IN THE US HAS NOW CERTIFIED IT AS HAVING SOLD OVER 10 MILLION COPIES IN THE US ALONE.
1972, A SECTION OF BELLEVUE BOULEVARD IN MEMPHIS WAS RENAMED ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD. THE REMAINING LENGTH OF ROAD KEPT ITS ORIGINAL NAME AFTER PROTESTS FROM THE BELLEVUE BAPTIST CHURCH
2003, A LONG-LOST RECORDING FEATURING JOHN LENNON AND MICK JAGGER WAS SET TO SPARK A BIDING WAR AT A LONDON AUCTION. THE ACETATE RECORD WAS RECORDED IN 1974 WITH JAGGER SINGING THE BLUES SONG ‘TOO MANY COOKS’ AND LENNON PLAYING GUITAR. THE TRACK HAD NEVER BEEN RELEASED BECAUSE THE TWO ARTISTS WERE BOTH SIGNED TO DIFFERENT RECORD COMPANIES.
BORN TODAY
1927 – EARTHA KITT, US FEMALE SINGER,
KITT DIED FROM COLON CANCER ON DECEMBER 25 2008 AT HER WESTON, CONNECTICUT HOME AT THE AGE OF 81.
1948, BORN ON THIS DAY, MICK TAYLOR, GUITAR, JOHN MAYALL’S BLUESBREAKERS, JOINED THE ROLLING STONES, IN 1969 (AGED 20), LEFT IN 1974.
1955, STEVE EARLE, US SINGER, SONGWRITER
1956, PAUL YOUNG, SINGER,
1959, SUSANNA HOFFS, GUITAR VOCALS, THE BANGLES
1971, KID ROCK, (ROBERT JAMES RITCHIE), AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER, MUSICIAN AND RAPPER
