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ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for June 11

THIS HAPPENED

 

In 1960, Drummer Tommy Moore made the fateful decision to quit The Beatles and return to his job of driving a forklift.
 
In 1966, Janis Joplin joined Big Brother & The Holding Company onstage for the first time at a show in San Francisco.

In 1966, The Rolling Stones started a two-week run at #1 in the US with “Paint It, Black,” their third US #1 single.

In 1969, Space buff David Bowie released “Space Oddity” just in time for the first Apollo lunar landing.

David Bowie – Space Oddity (Official Video)


In 2011, Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side Of The Moon re-entered the Billboard Album chart at #47 and reached the milestone of 1,000 weeks on Billboard’s charts.

In 2013, Mumford & Sons bassist Ted Dwane was rushed into an Austin, Texas, hospital to have an operation to remove a blood clot on his brain.


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