Thur 12/3/15: On This Date
1. Flying High Again/Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne (John Michael Osbourne: Black Sabbath Debut Lp In ’70…Solo-Shot In The Dark In ‘86/Crazy Train/TV Reality Show The Osbournes-R&R Hof In 2006)…Born In 1948
2. Suspicious Minds/Elvis Presley
1968…Elvis Made His First Live Concert Appearance In 7 Years When NBC Aired His Critically Acclaimed Comeback Special
3. Who Are You?/The Who
1979…A Concert By The Who At The Riverfront Coliseum In Cincinnati Turned To Tragedy When 11 Fans Were Trampled To Death In A Rush To Find The Best Seats…As A Result, Festival Seating, In Cincinnati, Was Banned Until 2002 When Bruce Springsteen Received A One-Time Waiver For General Admission Seating
4. Comfortably Numb/Pink Floyd
1976…The Giant 40 Foot Pig That Pink Floyd Photographed For The Animals Album Cover, At The Battersea Power Station In Great Britain, Broke Loose From Its Mooring And Began Floating Around London…A Warning Was Issued To All Pilots To Be Careful Because A Pig Was Flying
5. Oh, Pretty Woman/Roy Orbison
2001…Guitarist Grady Martin Passed Away…He Worked With Buddy Holly, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn And Played The Riff On Roy Orbison’s Pretty Woman…Martin Was 72
6. This Is How We Do It/Montell Jordan
Montell Jordan (This Is How We Do It #1 In ’95)…Born In 1968
7. Smoke on the Water/Deep Purple
1971…The Montreux Casino In Switzerland Burned To The Ground During A Concert By Frank Zappa…Deep Purple, Who Were There At The Time Recording An Album, Wrote The Classic Smoke On The Water About The Incident
8. Find Your Way Back/Jefferson Starship
Mickey Thomas (Elvin Bishop-Fooled Around And Fell In Love In ‘76/Starship-Jane In ‘79/Find Your Way Back In ‘80)…Born In 1949
9. I Feel Fine/The Beatles
1965…The Beatles Kicked Off What Would Be Their Last Ever Tour Of Great Britain At The Odeon Cinema In Glasgow, Scotland…The Last Show Would Be At The Capitol Cinema In Cardiff On Dec. 12th
BTW: The Moody Blues Were The Opening Act and, During The Tour, McCartney Struck Up A Close Friendship With Future Wing’s Co-Founder Denny Laine
