MARCH 4: Bobby Womack, The Rolling Stones, Badfinger, George Harrison, Leon Russel, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Internal Revenue Service in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

March 4, 2013:

 It’s  Bobby Womack’s 69^th Birthday!!!

 

March 4, 1967: The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" sat atop the Billboard singles chart after American disc jockeys shied away from playing the flip side, "Let's Spend The Night Together"…

March 4, 1972:

 
Badfinger receive a Gold record for the Billboard #4 hit, "Day After Day". The song featured George Harrison on guitar and Leon Russell on piano…

March 4, 1978:

The US internal Revenue Service carried out a dawn raid at the home of Jerry Lee Lewis and removed cars worth over $170,000, to pay off his back taxes…

Not a bad day in

THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

(‘Cept for The Killer…)

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August 31, 1979: George Harrison is found guilty of subconscious plagiarism of the song "He's So Fine" in writing his hit, "My Sweet Lord". He would eventually pay the copyright holder, Bright Tunes, $587,000 in damages…

WHAT DO YOU THINK!?!

He’s So Fine…

My Sweet Lord…

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