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Today In Music History: Pearl Goes Gold

Posted at 6:01 AM on February 24, 2010 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Actor Abe Vigoda is 89. No, he's not a musician, but it's Abe Vigoda for Pete's sake, so we thought we'd wish him a happy birthday.
Singer/guitarist George Thorogood is 60.

Today in:

1964 - The Beatles made their third appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. They were seen via tape this time, performing three songs.
1976 - The Eagles' "Greatest Hits" album became the first album in the U.S. to be certified platinum, for at least 1 million copies sold. The new award was conceived because high sales meant too many artists were winning gold records.
1979 - The Sex Pistols release the album "The Great Rock N' Roll Swindle."
1988 - Alice Cooper announced he was running for governor of
Arizona.
1998 - Drummer Tommy Lee of Motley Crue was arrested for kicking his wife, actress Pamela Anderson Lee. She filed for divorce. He eventually served four months in prison.
1998 - Elton John was knighted.

History Highlight:

On this day in 1971, Janis Joplin's posthumous release, Pearl, was awarded a Gold record. In 2003, the album was ranked number 122 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. We played the last track on the classic album, "Get It While You Can."

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