This Day in Music - March 23rd
Who said this? “We make our audience feel powerful, like they’re part of something”, Mick Jagger or Bono. See the answer on tomorrows blog.
This Day in Music:
2008, Neil Aspinall, who ran the Apple Corps music empire for the Beatles from 1970 – 2007 died at a hospital in New York from cancer aged 66. A school friend of Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he was regarded by some of the band as the "fifth Beatle" becoming he the Beatles' road manager in 1961 before becoming their personal assistant.
1992, Janet Jackson signed with Virgin Records for $16,000,000 (£9,412,000).
1990, Fleetwood Mac kicked off their Behind The Mask world tour with 14 dates in Australian starting at the Boondall Entertainment Centre in Brisbane.
1985, Billy Joel married model Christie Brinkley on a boat moored alongside the Statue Of Liberty. They divorced in 1993.
1977, Elvis Presley appeared at the Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. This was the first date of 49 date US tour over three months and Presley’s last ever tour. (His last ever show was on 26th June 1977 at the Indianapolis Indiana Market Square Arena).
Yesterdays quote “I’ve been very disappointed with some of my work, but I do like an awful lot of it. My one problem is that I’m not very consistent.” David Bowie
More music trivia than you can shake a stick at This Day in Music