Today In Patriots History Happy 3-28 Day

1975:
Led Zeppelin makes history with six albums in the Billboard Albums chart simultaneously following the release of Physical Graffiti. Their latest release, Physical Graffiti, is at #1, with their previous five albums also on the chart: Led Zeppelin IV (#83), House of the Holy (#92), Led Zeppelin II (#104), Led Zeppelin (#116) and Led Zeppelin III (#124).





1980:
Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon sets a record with its 303rd week on the US album chart, beating the record by Carole King's 1971 LP Tapestry. Though it only stayed at the summit of The Billboard 200 for a week, it remained in the chart for an unparalleled 736 nonconsecutive weeks, from March 17, 1973, to July 16, 1988.





1980:
Brian Johnson of the band Geordie gets a new, slightly more high-profile gig: replacing the deceased Bon Scott in AC/DC. Johnson's first album with the band is Back In Black, which becomes the second-best selling album worldwide behind Thriller.




1795:
Ludwig van Beethoven (24) has his debut performance as a pianist at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria.




1951:
Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I, based on the novel "Anna and the King of Siam", opens at St James Theater, NYC. The Broadway musical runs for 1,246 performances, winning 5 Tony Awards. Star Yul Brynner would lead the cast of the 1956 film version, and play the role over 4,200 times.




1958:
Elvis Presley begins boot camp in Ft. Hood, Texas, where he insists on doing KP and guard duty just like the other soldiers.

Connie Francis enjoys her first chart success as Who's Sorry Now? reached Billboard's #4 spot. Over the next ten years she will place 55 more songs on the Billboard hit parade.




1959:
Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell is born Peretz Bernstein in Queens, NYC. His stage name is a play on the word "peripheral," in the sense that he's "on the edge." Farrell fronts the bands Jane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros, but is most famous for launching the Lollapalooza music festival.




1962:
Gene Chandler received a gold record for Duke of Earl.




1966:
The Rolling Stones played a concert in France. About 85 people were arrested for rioting after the show. Mick Jagger was injured during the gig after a fan threw a chair at the stage; Jagger required eight stitches.
The Rolling Stones - Paris 1966 (early & late shows) [68 minute YouTube audio]




1967:
The Beatles began recording With a Little Help from My Friends at EMI Studios in London, England. With the other members of the band standing around the microphone for moral support, Ringo Starr belted out the rare lead vocal for the group. The song would be added to the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.



1969:
Blood, Sweat & Tears' self titled second album hits #1. The LP featured the singles You've Made Me So Very Happy (US #2), Spinning Wheel (US #2), and And When I Die (US #2).

John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Black Sabbath, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Curved Air, J.J. Jackson's Dilemma, Shy Limbs, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Sunflower Brass Band and Toe Fat all appeared at the London Free Easter Festival in Bethnal Green, London.




1970:
The Ed Sullivan Show broadcasts live from Vietnam hospitals, featuring Bobby Gentry and Gladys Knight and the Pips.




1973:
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, who have a hit with The Cover Of 'Rolling Stone'" appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. According to members of the group, they really did buy five copies for their mothers, just like the song said.




1975:
Labelle's Lady Marmalade hits #1 in America as listeners track down friends who took French in high schools to translate the line, Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir. The words are a sexual proposition that translates into English as "Do you want to sleep with me, tonight?" Lead singer Patti LaBelle later claimed that she was completely oblivious to its overall message, saying: "I didn't know what it was about. I don't know French and nobody, I swear this is God's truth, nobody at all told me what I'd just sung a song about."




1975:
Jeff Beck releases Blow by Blow, one of, if not the best rock instrumental albums of all time. It is his most successful album in the US, reaching the top five and selling over one million copies.





1978:
After a tumultuous ordeal that lasted nearly two years, Tina Turner is officially divorced from abusive husband Ike.




1978:
David Bowie kicked off his Low / Heroes 77-date World Tour at the San Diego Sports Arena.





1979:
With their money from Roxanne, The Police hit up Manny's Music in New York City, where they buy up much of the inventory. At their soundcheck that night at My Father's Place in Long Island, they start experimenting with the effects units and bass pedals that help define their sound moving forward.





1982:
Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release Ebony And Ivory.




1985:
Madonna stars in the movie Desperately Seeking Susan alongside Rosanna Arquette.




1985:
Jeanne Deckers - known as The Singing Nun - and her companion Annie Pécher die in a double suicide at their home. As a Belgian nun, Deckers had a US #1 hit in 1963 with Dominique, but she left the convent in 1966 and went through a series of setbacks, including devastating financial problems. Deckers is 51, Pécher is 40.




1986:
Austrian singer Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus hits #1 in the US, the first German-language song to do so.

The Beatles' records are officially licensed for sale in the Soviet Union, more than two decades after their initial release in the west. Before that, only tapes were available on the black market, but most Soviet music lovers could not afford them. There was little information about The Beatles in the USSR and official Soviet publications about the band were mainly critical and condemnatory.




1993:
A Whole New World from the Disney animated film Aladdin wins the Academy Award for Best Song.




2001:
A tribute to Brian Wilson is held at Radio City Music Hall, with Paul Simon, Elton John, Billy Joel, The Go-Gos, Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson and Aimee Mann all performing Beach Boys songs. Brian Wilson took the stage for the final three songs, Barbara Ann, Surfin' U.S.A. and Fun, Fun, Fun.




2005:
Neil Young has brain surgery to remove an aneurysm. His vision became blurry at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies, and a subsequent checkup discovered the aneurysm.




2006:
Tom Jones is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.




2007:
Rihanna’s Umbrella, featuring Jay-Z, was released. One of the most-played singles of the decade, the song was an instant hit, spending seven weeks at #1. “Umbrella” earned the Barbadian singer and legendary rapper multiple awards, including two Grammys and two MTV VMAs. The song was the longest running #1 by a female artist since Whitney Houston's 1992 I Will Always Love You.




2009:
The video game Guitar Hero: Metallica was released.




2011:
A website that illegally sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents each agreed to pay record companies almost $1m to settle a legal case. BlueBeat.com, based in the US, streamed and sold music by The Beatles, Coldplay and others until it was sued in 2009. In the few days before it was forced to shut down, it had distributed more than 67,000 Beatles tracks.




2012:
A TV ad for Madonna's new perfume, Truth or Dare, was deemed too racy for ABC network television. Dressed in leotards, fish nets and harnesses, the Material Girl was shown licking her lips while wearing black lingerie and a mask, rolling around on the floor.




2016:
Andy Newman from Thunderclap Newman died aged 73. Thunderclap Newman, whose 1969 No.1 hit Something in the Air became one of the staples of 1960s pop. Primarily a keyboard player his schoolfriends nicknamed him Thunderclap in honor of his playing technique. The band that would become Thunderclap Newman was formed in late 1968 at the instigation of the Who’s Pete Townshend.




2017:
The United States Library of Congress added Don McLean's 1971 hit American Pie to their National Recording Registry of 2016. "American Pie" joins Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow", N.W.A.'s album, "Straight Outta Compton" and the Eagles' 1976 "Their Greatest Hits" as treasures worthy of preservation.




2019:
Seventeen-year-old Billie Eilish releases her first album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which debuts at #1 in the US.

34th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Cure; Def Leppard; Janet Jackson; Stevie Nicks; Radiohead; Roxy Music; and The Zombies.




2020:
With most of the world homebound as the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, Elton John hosts the Living Room Concert For America from his home, featuring virtual performances by Mariah Carey, H.E.R., Backstreet Boys, and Tim McGraw. The concert raises money to help local food banks and support first responders during the crisis.




2020:
Alan Merrill of The Arrows, who co-wrote I Love Rock And Roll, dies at 69; one of the first high-profile musicians to succumb to coronavirus. The song became a breakthrough hit for Joan Jett in 1982 and has since been covered by artists ranging from Britney Spears to Weird Al Yankovic.




2024:
Beyoncé drops Cowboy Carter, a sassy (mostly) country album with 27 tracks and appearances by Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and an unheralded Black country singer named Linda Martell, whose only album was released in 1970. When Cowboy Carter tops the country chart, it makes Beyoncé the first Black woman to do so.

jmt57 said:

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Great stuff. Thanks.

I remember watching that video from Atlanta and feeling bad for those fans. But not that bad.

Jules' fantastic catch was followed by a fantastic call by one of the refs who called it a catch immediately. That forced a challenge by Atlanta that cost them a TO that they could have used in their last possession.

In the same situation the Pats would have done things very differently. They would have run the ball more to run off some clock and they would have set up the team for the winning FG after if they had an 8 point lead at the 22, rather than going back to pass.

I got a little scared when the Pats forced the ball to the TE at the end. Luckily we got the PI call on the 2nd one.