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This day in 1968: George Harrison and Ringo Starr attended the premiere of 'Wonderwall' at the Cannes Film Festival. The 1968 film by first-time director Joe Massot starred Jack MacGowran and Jane Birkin, and featured cameos…

This day in 1976: 33 year-old Keith Relf, former lead singer for The Yardbirds, was electrocuted while tuning a guitar which was not properly earthed. The accident happened in his West London home where he…

Born on this day in 1950: American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Stevie Wonder. Born Stevland Hardaway Morris in Saginaw, Michigan, he was a child prodigy who developed into one of the most…

This day in 1969 - The Turtles gave a special performance at the White House as guests of Tricia Nixon. Stories circulate concerning members of the group allegedly snorting cocaine on Abraham Lincoln's desk. xosotin chelseathông tin…

This day in 1978: Fee Waybill of The Tubes, broke a leg after falling from the stage at the Hammersmith Odeon in London while wielding a chainsaw during the bands set.xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc…

This day in 1984: Roger Waters released his first solo album The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking. The concept album, as originally envisioned by Waters in 1977, rotated around a man's thoughts during a midlife crisis,…

This day in 1977:  The Eagles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Hotel California', the group's fourth US No.1, a No.8 hit in the UK. The Eagles also won the 1977 Grammy…

This day in 1965: In their Clearwater, Florida hotel room, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards worked out the opening guitar riff of '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' following Richard's purchase of a Gibson fuzz-box earlier…

This day in 2012: Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shavell narrowly avoided a potential deadly helicopter crash when their pilot became disoriented during a flight in bad weather and missed some trees by just two…

This day in 1969 - The Who gave a press preview of their new rock opera 'Tommy' at Ronnie Scott's in London, England. The double album about a "deaf, dumb and blind boy" who becomes the leader…