1967, Working at Abbey Road studios, London, The Beatles started recording a new John Lennon song ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’. The song was inspired by a drawing his 3 year-old son Julian returned home from school with one day. The picture, which was of a little girl with lots of stars, was his classmate – Lucy O’Donnell, who also lived in Weybridge, and attended the same school as Julian.
1974, Chris Difford placed an advert in a shop window ‘lyricist seeks
musician for co-writing’ Glen Tillbrook answered the ad. The pair went on
to form Squeeze.
1975, The Eagles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Best Of My
Love’, the first of five US No.1’s for the band. The highest chart position in
the UK for the group was No.8 with the 1977 single ‘Hotel California.’
1990, Janet Jackson played the first night on her 120-date Rhythm Nation
1814 World tour at the Miami Arena in Florida. As part of the show
Jackson’s had a live panther on-stage, but after concerns were raised over
safety of the crowds and several incidents of the panther urinating on the
stage Jackson axed the cat from the show in the summer leg of the tour.
Born Today
1927, Harry Belafonte, US singer
1944, Mike D’Abo, singer, songwriter, Manfred Mann,
1944, Roger Daltrey, vocals, The Who,
1958, Nik Kershaw, singer, songwriter, producer,
1994, Justin Bieber, Canadian singer.
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