Daily Archives: October 29, 2013

Paul McCartney interviewed live on ‘The Late Late Breakfast Show’ 30 years ago this hour (1983)

1980s, Television 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


Video: 'Paul & Linda McCartney on The Late Late Breakfast Show '1983'

(Saturday, October 29, 1983, 5:50-6:35 p.m. UTC) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife Linda made their first live television studio appearance in ten years today on the variety show The Late Late Breakfast Show, hosted by the DJ Noel Edmonds and transmitted from the BBC Television Centre in Wood Lane, London, on BBC1.

Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ becomes longest-running album on Billboard charts 30 years ago today (1983)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s


Audio: 'Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) [Full Album]'

(Saturday, October 29, 1983) — The Dark Side of the Moon, the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. today became the longest-running album on the Billboard music charts, with a total of 491 weeks, although that record has since been broken.