Today in Acoustic-Rock History

1963 – The Beatles leave for their first tour outside of Great Britain. They discover that Beatlemania goes beyond the shores of Britannia.

1967 – David Crosby leaves The Byrds.

1967 – Pink Floyd arrive in San Francisco to begin their first American tour with a concert at The Fillmore West.

1973 – Art Garfunkel receives a gold album for his first solo effort, “Angel Clare,” which contains the hit, “All I Know.”

1975 – Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum is the site of the First Planetary Celebration, held to coincide with United Nations Day. James Taylor, Pete Seeger and John McLaughlin star at the event, designed to promote awareness of man’s global responsibility. Unfortunately, only 4,500 turn out to the 16,000-seat arena to hear the message.

1980 – Paul McCartney receives a rhodium-plated disc from the Guinness Book of World Records for being history’s all-time best-selling songwriter and recording artist.

1987 – Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” surpasses the previous record held by Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” for the most weeks on the U.K. albums chart.

1988 – The John Fogerty vs. Fantasy Records case begins. Fantasy claims that Fogerty plagiarized his own song, “Run Through The Jungle” when writing “The Old Man Down The Road.”

1989 – The Who, Kinks, Simon & Garfunkel and Carole King are among those inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

1992 – 20 years after the release of his milestone “Harvest,” Neil Young issues a sequel, “Harvest Moon.” It becomes his first million-seller since 1979’s “Rust Never Sleeps.”

1995 – Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band’s first studio album in four years, “It’s A Mystery,” is released.

BIRTHDAY:

Bill Wyman – 1936