Jan 6, 2021
1958 - Gibson guitars launched its Flying V electric guitar. Guitarists who played a Flying V include Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan and Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/Getty Images)
1968 - Magical Mystery Tour became The Beatles 11th U.S. album chart-topper when it started an eight-week reign at No. 1. The double EP was a critical and commercial success and was nominated for a Grammy, despite the widespread media criticism of the Magical Mystery Tour film.
1973 - Carly Simon s You re So Vain started a three-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart. In 2015, after keeping quiet for more than 40 years, Carly Simon admitted that the song (with Mick Jagger on backing vocals) was about Warren Beatty, but only one verse of it. Simon said the other verses were about two other men.
A GUITAR signed by legendary rock band Pink Floyd is to be auctioned in the United States to support veterans and their families. The Epiphone Les Paul has been autographed by founding member, Roger Waters, Hove resident and lead guitarist David Gilmour and drummer, Nick Mason. The guitar has been mounted in a glass display cabinet with a custom plaque, alongside a certificate of authenticity. Auction sponsors, American radio station QFM96, described the guitar as “a one-of-a-kind authentic piece of rock memorabilia.” And for Pink Floyd fans it is hard to deny its significance, as the instrument boasts the signatures of feuding members, Gilmour and Waters.