Today is Hammock Day and Ratcatcher's Day.
THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1963: "Introducing The Beatles" was pressed by Vee-Jay Records, who unknowingly did not have the rights to the record. After its release in in January, 1964, Capitol Records sued VJ.
1967: The Doors perform on American Bandstand.
1969: Aretha Franklin is arrested for disorderly conduct after creating a disturbance in a Detroit parking lot.
1987: A jury in New York ruled that Morris Albert's 1975 "Feelings" was plagiarized from "Pour Toi", a song written in 1956 by French composer Lou Lou Geste.
1994: At Giants Stadium, Billy Joel and Elton John performed the first of five concerts together.
1996: Donovan was forced to postpone a comeback tour of the US when American authorities delayed granting him a waiver to enter the country because of a 30-year-old marijuana conviction in Britain. The tour was designed to promote Donovan's first album of new material in a dozen years.
RINGO & PAUL ON TOUR? At a recent event celebrating his 76th birthday, Ringo Starr says he would love to hit the road with Paul McCartney and he would do it "tomorrow" if he could. Meanwhile, Ringo and his All Starr Band will tour the western U.S. in October. Get the comments from Ringo.
TRUMP OFFENDS AGAIN! The official Twitter feed for the Estate of George Harrison protested the use of Harrison's penned "Here Comes the Sun" during the Republican National Convention last night as "offensive." Earlier this week, "We Are the Champions" played without permission during the first day of the RNC. Get the dirty details.
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