1961 – Ray Charles topped the US pop chart with the song “Hit the Road Jack“. The song, which also featured The Raelettes’ Margie Hendrix, won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Recording and became one of the artist’s signature songs. Decades later, Rolling Stone included this song in its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
1964 – The Rolling Stones have announced the cancellation of a planned tour in South Africa due to the anti-apartheid embargo imposed by the British Musical Union.
1971 – Rod Stewart had his first number one hit in the UK with the song “Maggie May”.
1971 – The group The Who played a small, inconspicuous concert at the University of Surrey, with a guest appearance by John Sebastian on harmonica on the song “Magic Bus”, which was the only performance of a song where a guest musician played with The Who on stage.
1973 – Elvis Presley i Priscilla they divorced after six years of marriage. Priscilla received the property, $725,000 in cash and $4,200 in alimony.
1985 – 2.5-acre garden dedicated to John Lennon by his widow Yoko Ono is open. The monument in Central Park, in New York, is called “Strawberry Fields”.
1993 – The third and last album of the group Nirvana“In Utero,” debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart.
1999 – Eurythmics, George Michael, David Bowie, Robbie Williams i Bono performed at the “Netaid” event, which served to collect funds for global poverty. Concerts in London, New York and Geneva were broadcast live on the Internet.
2003 – The British Queen Elizabeth II she excelled Sting titulom CBE (Commander of the British Empire).
2008 – Paul McCartney (a vegetarian for 30 years) was furious when he found out that a branch of McDonald’s restaurants in Liverpool had used his image, accusing them of using it to attract customers.
Source: balkanrock.com
