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ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for June 25

Published 4 years ago

BORN


TIM FINN of Split Enz/Crowded House/The Finn Brothers


THIS HAPPENED


In 1967, An estimated 200 million people saw The Beatles perform “All You Need Is Love” live via satellite as part of the TV global link-up, Our World. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Graham Nash, and Keith Moon provided backing vocals.

In 1969, The Hollies recorded “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” with a then-unknown Elton John on piano.

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ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for June 7

Published 4 years ago

Born:

DEAN MARTIN
GEORGE EZRA
PRINCE
TOM JONES

This happened:

In 1964, during their first US tour The Rolling Stones were booed off stage in San Antonio, Texas.

In 1971, Carole King’s Tapestry went Gold. It remained on the charts for three years.

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