Wed, 09 July 2008
1955,
Bill Haley & His Comets went to No.1 on the US singles chart with '(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock', staying at No.1 for eight weeks and becoming one of the biggest selling singles of all time.
1969,
working at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles recorded Maxwell's Silver Hammer. John Lennon returned to the studio after recovering from a car crash in Scotland, and a bed was installed in the Abbey Road studio for Yoko, who was pregnant, and who had been more seriously injured in the car accident.
Quote of the day
"I could be a housewife. I guess I've vacuumed a couple of times" - Deborah Harry