BIRTHDAYS
1945: David Knights (Procol Harum)
1963: Beverley Craven
1977: Mark Stoermer (The Killers)
EVENTS
1969: Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Nice, John Mayall, Ten Years After, Taste and others appeared at Bath Festival, England (tickets cost less than £1).
1975: The Eagles started a 5-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘One of These Nights’.
1975: Wings went to No.1 on the UK chart with the album ‘Venus and Mars’
1977: Elton John became the Chairman of Watford Football Club.
1980: Roxy Music scored their second UK No.1 album with ‘Flesh and Blood’.
1997: Radiohead went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their third album ‘OK Computer’.
2010: Malcolm Young performed his last concert with AC/DC, at Campo de San Mames, Bilbao, Spain
2016: Death of guitarist, Winfield Scott “Scotty” Moore III [aged 84].
Procol Harum original member, David Knights celebrates his 79th birthday today! David played bass on the all-time classic song, “A Whiter Shade of Pale” ~ his is the first face you see in this vintage clip:
