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- Roger Miller released his recording of “Me and Bobby McGee” in 1969. It was the first major cover of a Kris Kristofferson song. The track was recommended to Miller by Johnny Cash, and was named after the secretary to former Everlys songwriter, Boudleaux Bryant. A couple years later, Kristofferson’s ex-girlfriend, Janis Joplin, took “Me and Bobby McGee” to number 1, five months after her death. Miller, though, had already seen his last top country hit a year before, with “Little Green Apples.”
- The Rolling Stones released their first double album with Exile On Main Street in 1972. “Happy,” “Rip This Joint” and “Tumbling Dice” were the highlights from one of their best records, although it initially received mixed reviews.
- The Eagles’ masterpiece, “Hotel California,” was at number 1 on the singles chart in the U.S. for its only week in 1977. It followed 10 weeks after “New Kid in Town” went to the top and soon “Life in the Fast Lane” would hit number 11. The Hotel California album saw the introduction into the band of guitarist and crazy man, Joe Walsh. He trades licks with Don Felder throughout “Hotel California’s” six and a half minutes.
- Eddie Rabbitt died in 1998 of lung cancer at the age of 56. In the early 1990s, Rabbitt had spoken out against lyrics by rap artists, and was very critical towards music videos aimed at today’s youth. He said that they glorified sex and violence, and called Madonna the “Pied Piper from hell.”
- Rudi Maugeri of The Crew Cuts died in 2004 of pancreatic cancer.
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