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Today In Music History: Eight Tracks for Hey Jude

Posted at 6:38 AM on July 31, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Daniel Ash (Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets) is 52.
Bill Berry (drums, R.E.M.) is 51.
Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim; The BPA; Housemartins) is 46.
Will Champion (drums, Coldplay) is 31.


1964 - A Rolling Stones concert in Belfast was stopped after only 12 minutes because of rioting fans.
1968 - The Beatles recorded four takes of "Hey Jude", working at Trident studios in London with its 8-track equipment (EMI was still using 4-track recorders),
1991 - Black Crowes lead singer Chris Robinson was given six months probation for spitting on a customer in a 7-Eleven store in Denver.
1996 - Aerosmith fired longtime manager Tim Collins, who later hinted that the band was back on drugs.

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