This Day in Music History: October 21
October 21, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: October 21.
1965: The Beatles wanted to improve on a previous recording session, so they started from scratch on a new song called 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)'. They finished recordings in only three takes. They also began working on another new John Lennon song 'Nowhere Man.'
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1972: Curtis Mayfield started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with the soundtrack to 'Superfly'.
1976: Keith Moon played his last gig with The Who at the end of a North American tour at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto. On September 7, 1978, Keith Moon died of an overdose of a sedative Heminevrin. They had been prescribed for Moon in order to prevent seizures induced by alcohol withdrawal.
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1978: The Clash fired manager Bernie Rhodes, claiming the band and record company 'found him hard to deal with'. Melody Maker journalist Caroline Coon replaced him and took his place.
1995: Billie Joe, Green Day's singer was arrested and fined $141 after mooning at the audience during a concert in Milwaukee.
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1997: 'Candle In The Wind 97' by Elton John was declared by the Guinness Book Of Records as the biggest selling single record of all time, with 31.8 million sales in less than 40 days and raising more than £20 million for charity.
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