Daily Archives: July 23, 2024

John Lennon breaks into ‘Ain’t She Sweet’ between takes for ‘Whatever Gets You Thru The Night’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 23 1974)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'Ain't She Sweet ~ John Lennon Anthology'

(Tuesday, July 23, 1974; during recording sessions for Walls and Bridges) — In the midst of a re-re-make session for “Whatever Gets You Thru The Night,” a track for his fifth studio album, Walls and Bridges, former Beatle John Lennon broke into a brief version of “Ain’t She Sweet” between takes at Record Plant East at 321 West 44th Street in New York City. Continue reading John Lennon breaks into ‘Ain’t She Sweet’ between takes for ‘Whatever Gets You Thru The Night’ 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 23 1974) →

Soviets liberate Majdanek, first Nazi concentration camp freed from German control 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 23 1944)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Majdanek concentration camp' (parts 1-5)

(Sunday, July 23, 1944; part of The Holocaust, during World War II) — Red Army soldiers discovered the abandoned Majdanek concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin in eastern Poland today, marking the first Nazi camp to be freed from German control. Continue reading Soviets liberate Majdanek, first Nazi concentration camp freed from German control 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 23 1944) →