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Today In Music History: Tell Me What It's Good For

Posted at 6:10 AM on August 26, 2010 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History


Birthdays:

Singer Shirley Manson of Garbage is 44.


Today in:

1967 - The Beatles joined their new guru, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, at a press conference, during which Paul McCartney told the media that the band had quit drugs. "It was an experience we went through," he says. "We don't need it anymore. We're finding different ways to get there."
1968 - The Beatles released "Hey Jude" as a single.
1970 - Jimi Hendrix played what proved to be his last concert, at the Isle of Wight Pop Festival off the English coast. Three weeks later, Hendrix died in London.
1987 - Sonny Bono announced he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, California.


History Highlight:

Today in 1970, The #1 record in the land was "War" by Edwin Starr. Originally a song by The Temptations, Starr's intense vocals, coupled with a powerful anti-Vietnam War sentiment in the U.S., propelled the song to the top of the charts. It became such a hit for Starr that he included it on two successive albums.

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