Thur 8/13/15: On This Date
1. What's Your Name/Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. I Think I Love You/The Partridge Family
3. Honky Tonk Women/The Rolling Stones
4. Freddie's Dead/Curtis Mayfield
5. Train in Vain/The Clash
6. Runnin' With the Devil/Van Halen
7. I Saw the Light/Todd Rundgren
8. Bitter Sweet Symphony/The Verve
9. Paradise by the Dashboard Light/Meat Loaf
Music & Events Thru-Out The Years On Aug. 13th
1973…Skynyrd Released Their Debut Album…Pronounced…Free Bird, Gimme Three Steps, Sweet Home Alabama, Tuesday’s Gone, Simple Man…It Was Produced By Al Kooper Who Founded Blood, Sweat & Tears
1970…Danny Bonaduce (Partridge Family-I Think I Love You #1 In ‘70/VH-1 Show My Reality Breakdown/Radio DJ)…Born In 1959
1999…A British Court Ruled That Mick Jagger And Jerry Hall’s Marriage, During A Hindu Ceremony In Bali, Was Null And Void
1990…R&B Legend Curtis Mayfield Was Paralyzed From The Neck Down When Lighting Equipment Collapsed While He Was On Stage During A Concert At Wingate Field In Brooklyn, NY…He Would Pass Away On Dec. 26th, 1999
1976…The Clash Performed Live For An Audience For The First Time At The Chalk Farm Rehearsal Studio Studios In London…It Was A Private Gig For Members Of The Press
2007…Van Halen Announced Its Long Awaited Reunion Tour With David Lee Roth…The Tour Was The First In 22 Years To Feature Diamond Dave…It Was Also Announced That Eddie’s Son Wolfgang Would Replace Michael Anthony On Bass
1980…4 Robbers Broke Into Todd Rundgren’s Home In Woodstock, NY, Tied Him Up And Stole Stereo Equipment, Paintings And Other Personal Items…One Of The Burglars Was Humming Todd’s Hit I Saw The Light
1994…Members Of Oasis And The Verve Were Arrested In Sweden After Thrashing A Hotel Bar And Then Breaking Into A Church And Stealing The Communion Wine
2007…Baseball Hall Of Famer Phil Rizzuto Died Of Pneumonia…He Was 89…“The Scooter” Was A Yankees Shortstop In The 40’s And 50’s And Later A Broadcaster Who’s Trademark Was The Phrase “Holy Cow”…Rizzuto Also Did The Baseball Play By Play In The Meatloaf Tune Paradise By The Dashboard Light
