This Day In Music History: May 14th
1969: Neil Young’s second studio album, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, was released. It was Young’s first album with his longtime backing band Crazy Horse and was his first to enter the Billboard pop chart, where it peaked at #34. On the same day “Down by the River” was released as a single. In 1977, Young explained that he had written “Down by the River,” “Cinnamon Girl,” and “Cowgirl in the Sand” while delirious in bed with a high fever.
1984: Chicago released Chicago 17, the group’s fourteenth studio album and last with founding member Peter Cetera.
1988: Atlantic Records celebrated its 40th anniversary with a non-stop thirteen-hour concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden dubbed “It’s Only Rock and Roll.” The star-studded show featured artists exclusive to Atlantic spanning the company’s forty years including Lavern Baker, Ruth Brown, Yes, Genesis, The Rascals, Wilson Pickett, the Coasters, the Bee Gees, Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly, Roberta Flack, Paul Rodgers, Ben E. King, and The Blues Brothers. A reunited Led Zeppelin also performed with Jason Bonham filling his father’s role on drums.
source: wwcfradio
