This Day in Music History: July 21
July 21, 2016We cover the news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: July 21.
1967: The Cafe-a-Go-Go in New York City saw The Jimi Hendrix Experience playing the first of three nights. The club featured many well known acts and musicians like: Joni Mitchell, Grateful Dead, Tim Buckley, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Jefferson Airplane, Cream and Muddy Waters. All appeared and were part of the history of this club.
1969: The Beatles started working on the John Lennon's song 'Come Together' at Abbey Road studios in London. It became the opening song on The Beatles Abbey Road album and was later released as a double A-sided single with 'Something', their twenty-first single in the UK and twenty-sixth in the US, where it reached the top of the charts.
1977: Protests did not stop The Sex Pistols from appearing for the first time on UK's music show Top Of The Pops, where they lip-synched to their third single, 'Pretty Vacant'. This performance pushed the song up the charts to No.7 due to the positive exposure.
1987: Guns N’ Roses released their debut album on Geffen Records, 'Appetite For Destruction'. It featured great singles like: 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Sweet Child o' Mine', and 'Paradise City'. Today, this album has worldwide sales in excess of 28 million, 18 million of which are in the US only, which makes it the best-selling debut album of all time there.
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1994: It was the first ever American show for Oasis. They played there as part of the New Music Seminar at Wetlands, which took place in New York City.
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