1966, During a 12 hour session at Abbey Road studios, The Beatles added overdubs on ‘Yellow Submarine’, with John Lennon blowing bubbles in a bucket of water and shouting “Full speed ahead Mister Captain!” Roadie Mal Evans played on a bass drum strapped to his chest, marching around the studio with The Beatles following behind (conga-line style) singing “We all live in a yellow submarine.”
1967, The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The album is certified gold for sales on its first day in stores.
1968, Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the singles chart with ‘Mrs Robinson’. Featured in the Dustin Hoffman and Ann Bancroft film ‘The Graduate’, the song was also a hit for the Lemonheads in 1992.
1971, Chicago appeared at the London’s Royal Albert Hall, London.
1971, Harry Nilsson begins recording his album Nilsson Schmilsson in London.
1971, Joni Mitchell releases her album Blue.
1971, The two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935 was opened to the public as a tourist attraction.
Pink Floyd at Abbey Road studios
1972, Pink Floyd were working at Abbey Road studios, London on their ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ album.
1973, Paul Simon releases There Goes Rhymin’ Simon.
1974, UK weekly music paper The NME published it’s 100 Great Albums: at No.3 The Beach Boys ‘Pet Sounds’, No.2, Bob Dylan ‘Blonde On Blonde’ and The Beatles Sgt Pepper was voted in at No.1.
1974, John Cale, Brian Eno, Kevin Ayers, and Nico perform the concert commemorated in the live LP June 1, 1974. Now that must have been a fun gig.
1974, Linda Ronstadt begins recording Heart Like a Wheel in Los Angeles.
1975, The Rolling Stones kicked off their biggest ever US tour at Louisiana State University. The tour would take in 45 shows in 26 cities. Guitarist Ron Wood joined The Stones on tour for the first time, replacing Mick Taylor.
1977, Bob Marley and The Wailers played the first of four nights at the Rainbow Theatre in London. There were six nights booked at the Rainbow, but the last two shows were cancelled due to a serious toe injury Marley received, (in a friendly football game with French journalists just before the tour’s start in Paris). Subsequently the tour’s second leg in the United States was postponed and then cancelled.
Born on this day – Ron Wood (1947)
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