This Day in Music History: August 25
August 25, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: August 25.
1965: Two female Beatles fans hired a helicopter in order to fly over the house The Beatles were renting in Beverly Hills, California and then jumped from the helicopter into the swimming pool.
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1967: Brian Wilson returned performing live with The Beach Boys in Honolulu after a 2 year hiatus. The band had just released 'Heroes and Villains' in the US.
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1970: Elton John made his US live debut when he kicked off a 17-date tour at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. In the audience that night were Don Henley, Quincy Jones and Leon Russell. Elton's latest single 'Border Song' had just debuted at number 92 on the US chart.
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1981: R.E.M. appeared at The Scorpio, Charlotte, North Carolina. The show was billed as "Charlotte's First Gay New Wave Disco and Costume Party", with the $3 tickets going to various gay-lesbian charities.
1993: Snoop Doggy Dogg was released on $1 million bail after he was accused of being involved with the murder of a member of the By Yerself gang during a shooting in Los Angeles. He was acquitted of the charges in 1996.
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1994: Jimmy Page and Robert plant recorded their MTV unplugged set at London's television centre. The live album titled 'No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded', was not a reunion of Led Zeppelin, however, as former bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones was not present.
In fact, Jones was not even told about the reunion by his former band mates. He later commented that he was unhappy about Plant and Page naming the album after "No Quarter", a Led Zeppelin song which was largely his work.
The album was #4 on debut on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
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