(Saturday, December 26, 1970) — “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath peaked at #61 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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Category Archives: Popular Music 1970s
‘Carolina in My Mind’ by James Taylor peaks at #67 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 26 1970)
(Saturday, December 26, 1970) — “Carolina in My Mind” by James Taylor (released on The Beatles’ Apple label) peaked at #67 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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President Nixon meets Elvis Presley at the White House 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 21 1970)
Video: 'Almanac: When Nixon met Elvis'
(Monday, December 21, 1970, 12:45-1:00 p.m. EST) — Rock music icon Elvis Presley, 35, engineered a meeting with U.S. President Richard Nixon today at the White House, where he expressed his patriotism and explained how he believed he could reach out to hippies to help combat the drug culture that he and the president abhorred.
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‘All Things Must Pass’ album by George Harrison debuts at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 19 1970)
Video: 'All Things Must Pass (Full Album)' (23 videos)
(Saturday, December 19, 1970) — All Things Must Pass, the third solo studio album by George Harrison and his first since the public break-up of The Beatles, debuted at #5 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart.
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‘Stoned Love’ by The Supremes peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 19 1970)
(Saturday, December 19, 1970) — “Stoned Love” by The Supremes (featuring new lead singer Jean Terrell) peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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’13’ compilation album by The Doors debuts at #75 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 19 1970)
Video: 'The Doors 13'
(Saturday, December 19, 1970) — 13, the first compilation album by the American rock band The Doors, debuted at #75 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart.
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The Beatles send ‘From Then to You’ Christmas compilation album to UK fans 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 18 1970)
Video: 'Beatles Christmas Messages' (first 7 videos constitute original album)
(Friday, December 18, 1970) — From Then to You, a compilation LP of all seven of the annual The Beatles’ Christmas records (spoken and musical messages recorded 1963-1969), was sent out today to the group’s fan club in the UK (in the U.S., the album sent out by the fan club as The Beatles’ Christmas Album around springtime 1971).
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John Lennon, Yoko Ono shoot ‘Fly’ art film in New York 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1970)
Video: 'Fly John Lennon & Yoko Ono, 1970'
(Monday, December 14, 1970) — Production on Fly, an art film by former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, that shows a fly crawling over the body of a motionless naked woman, began today in a top floor loft in a derelict building in the Bowery neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Continue reading John Lennon, Yoko Ono shoot ‘Fly’ art film in New York 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1970)
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Jim Morrison performs final show with The Doors 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 12 1970)
Video: 'Riders On The Storm - The Doors Live In New Orleans 1970'
(Saturday, December 12, 1970, following the 8:00 p.m. CST scheduled start time for opening act Kansas) — Jim Morrison, facing a losing battle with alcoholism, gave his final live performance with The Doors tonight at a rock and roll venue in New Orleans, Louisiana, known at the time as “a Warehouse.” Continue reading Jim Morrison performs final show with The Doors 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 12 1970)
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‘The Tears of a Clown’ by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 12 1970)
(Saturday, December 12, 1970) — “The Tears of a Clown” by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Dec. 12/19, 1970). Continue reading ‘The Tears of a Clown’ by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 12 1970)
