THE ALBUM OF THE DAYTHE PRETENDERS...The Last Of The Independents (1994)
The Last Of The Independents was released 20 years ago in may 1994. It reached number 41 on the U.S. Billboard album charts
(CD, Allmusic review)
ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 1
Johnny Colt, formerly with the Black Crowes and currently with Lynyrd Skynyrd, is 46; D'Arcy Wretzky. formerly with the Smashing Pumpkins, is 46;
ON THIS DATE
1955 Chuck Berry signs with Chess Records
1964 The Rolling Stones sign a management agreement with Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton
1967 Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu
1979 Elton John becomes the first pop music artist to perform in Israel
1984 Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac files for bankruptcy
2006 6,346 guitarists break a Guinness World Record when they simultaneously play Jimi Hendrix’s “Hey Joe” in the town square of Wrocław, Poland. That same day Keith Richards falls out of a palm tree at a private island resort in Fiji
2007 Snakes And Arrows by Rush is released
2008 Chad Kroeger of Nickelback is fined $588 and has his driver's license revoked for a year following his conviction for drunken driving
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