This day in 1976/1971/1965/1910

23 Jan 1971

GEORGE HARRISON (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was
the first Beatle to score a massive #1 hit single with My Sweet Lord.
No 1 in the UK, US, Ireland, New-Zealand, Mexico, and several European
countries.

It featured on his triple debut album All Things Must Past.

Later in the 1970s, the news spread that the song was subject of copyright
infringement due to its similarity to the Ronnie Mack song He’s Fine, a 1963 hit
for the New York girl group The Chiffons. Harrison had to pay a huge amount for
the plagiarism.

Hare Rama, Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare

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23 Jan 1976

DAVID BOWIE (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016)
released his sublime 10th LP STATION TO STATION.

Score: #5 in the UK, #3 in the USA

David Bowie when working on the LP and doing tons of cocaine:
“I hate sleep. I would much prefer staying up, just working, all the time”

Key single: Golden Years

ALBUM

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23 Jan 1965

With DOWNTOWN legendary British pop singer PETULA CLARK was
the first UK female artist to have a No.1 on the US singles chart since
Vera Lynn in 1952. It peaked at No.2 in the UK. Jimmy Page played
guitar on it.

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23 Jan 1910

Belgium-born Romani artist DJANGO REINHARDT was a world-famous
genre-exploring jazz guitarist was born on this day in 1910.

He badly burned his third and fourth fingers of his left hand in a house fire aged 18. Doctors suggested he play the guitar to keep his fingers flexible. He then developed
a unique two-fingered guitar style. He had worked with Stepane Grappelli and Duke Ellington among others. Reinhardt died of a stroke on 15th May 1953.