Today in Acoustic-Rock History

1966 – The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” peaks at #11 on the singles chart.

1977 – Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop” peaks at #3 on the singles chart.

1983 – The Moody Blues’ “The Present” enters the LP chart.

1988 – British rocker Graham Parker opens a solo acoustic tour at the University of Rhode Island.

1994 – Eric Clapton performs on the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live.”

2002 – Singer/songwriter Tim Rose dies in London of complications from surgery for intestinal cancer. Rose, 62, sang with Cass Elliott in folk trio the Big Three and released several solo albums. His best original composition, “Morning Dew”, became something of a standard and was covered by many other artists.

2003 – Gordon Lightfoot is inducted into the Canadian Songwriter Hall of Fame.

BIRTHDAY

Linda McCartney (1941)