Today in Acoustic-Rock History

1963 – The music critics of the London Times name John Lennon and Paul McCartney as “The Outstanding Composers of 1963.” Two days later, the Sunday Times’ music critic Richard Buckle proclaims the same two songwriters “the greatest composers since Beethoven.”

1969 – “Led Zeppelin II” tops the U.S. album charts for the first of seven weeks.

1980 – Nearly three weeks to the day after John Lennon’s murder, Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Starting Over” hits Number One in the U.S. and the U.K. simultaneously.

BIRTHDAYS:

Mike Pinder (Moody Blues) 1942

Pete Quaife (Kinks) 1943