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- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO J. GEILS BAND HARP MAGIC DICK, WHO CELEBRATES ALONG WITH FELLOW GEILS BASSIST DANNY KLEIN. ALSO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FORMER GENESIS MEMBER AND SOLO MAN PETER GABRIEL
- TODAY IN 1968 THE BEATLES SHOCKED THE WORLD WHEN THEY REFUSED AN INVITATION TO ENTERTAIN THE QUEEN AT LONDONS PALLADIUM
- GRACE SLICK WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED TODAY IN 1971 WHEN HER MERCEDES RAMMED INTO A CONCRETE WALL NEAR THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO. IN 1978, “BECAUSE THE NIGHT,” BY THE PATTI SMITH GROUP REACHED #13 ON THE U.S. CHARTS – CO-WRITTEN BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HIS NAME APPEARED ON THE TOP 20 SINGLES LIST
- IN 1979 SINGER, MICKEY THOMAS, AND DRUMMER, AYNSLEY DUNBAR, BOTH MADE THEIR DEBUT WITH THE JEFFERSON STARSHIP AT A FREE CONCERT IN SAN FRANCISCO’S GOLDEN GATE PARK – THOMAS WAS THE VOCALIST FOR THE ELVIN BISHOP GROUP AND DUNBAR THE DRUMMER WITH JOURNEY
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MARRIED MODEL JULIANNE PHILLIPS TODAY IN 1985 – THEY LATER DIVORCED IN 1988
- ALSO IN 1988, “SCENES FROM THE SOUTHSIDE” BY BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE HIT #1 ON THE ALBUM CHARTS
- THE WHO PERFORMED AT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY IN 1969
- J. GEILS PLAYED THE MUSIC HALL IN 1973
- IN ’74 IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MOTT THE HOOPLE AND QUEEN AT THE ORPHEUM, BUT BRIAN MAY CONTRACTED HEPATITIS AND QUEEN HAD TO CANCEL ITS ENTIRE US TOUR. MOTT SOLDIERED ON ALONE. IN 1979 VAN HALEN ROCKED THE ORPHEUM
- AND IN 1984 IT WAS CHARLIE DANIELS, GREGG ALLMAN AND JONATHAN EDWARDS AT SPENCER FAIRGROUNDS
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