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Today In Music History: This Really Is the Last Time

Posted at 5:57 AM on April 27, 2010 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Announcer Casey Kasem is 78.
Singer Kate Pierson of The B-52's is 62.
Guitarist Ace Frehley of Kiss is 59.

Today in:

1964 - John Lennon's book, "In His Own Write," was published in the U.S.
1981 - Ringo Starr married model, actress and one-time James Bond girl, Barbara Bach. Paul McCartney and George Harrison attended the ceremony.

From the "Things That Would Not Last" File:

1990 - David Bowie began the U.S. leg of his "Sound and Vision" world tour. He said the tour would mark the last time he performed his old hits, a promise he would end up breaking.
1990 - Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses married Erin Everly, Don Everly's daughter. The marriage lasted 27 days.
1993 - Prince proclaimed that he was retiring from the recording studio to devote his creative energies to film and other endeavors.

and ...

Today in 1999, Brit hit band The Verve announced that they were calling it quits. It was the second breakup the band would go through, but it still wasn't the last, as they reunited fror a third time in 2007 for their album Forth. Then, they broke up again in 2009. (We played "Rather Be" from Forth).

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