April 28, 1982: The California State Assembly consumer-protection committee heard testimony from "experts" about playing the Led Zeppelin song, 'Stairway To Heaven" backward.
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In 1982, a California State Assembly consumer-protection-committee hearing featured testimony from “experts” who claimed that “Stairway,” when played backward, contained the words:
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“I sing because I live with Satan. The Lord turns me off — there’s no escaping it. Here’s to my sweet Satan, whose power is Satan. He will give you 666. I live for Satan.” Swan Song Records also issued the following statement at the time which said:“Our turntables only play in one direction—forwards.”
Read more: Classic Rock Music NewsApril 28, 1966: Dusty Springfield was at Number 1 on the UK singles chart with 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me."*
It is considered one of the greatest songs of heartbreak in the pop music canon. That it combined the music of an Italian pop song and lyrics from a pair of songwriting novices also makes it one of the unlikeliest ones.
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| Dusty Springfield |
Unlikely, that is, until you consider the staggeringly brilliant performance of the song by Dusty Springfield. Then it all makes sense.
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April 28, 1966: The first recording session for the Beatles' song, Eleanor Rigby, occurred on this day.
The first session for one of Paul McCartney’s most famous and best-loved songs, ‘Eleanor Rigby’, took place on this day, with the recording of the string octet backing. The session was a short one, beginning at 5pm and finishing at 7.50pm. A string octet had been booked.
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April 28, 1969: The self-titled debut album by Chicago Transit Authority is released.
Chicago Transit Authority is the self-titled debut album by the Chicago-based rock band Chicago Transit Authority, later known as Chicago. It was recorded and released in 1969. For this inaugural recording effort the group was nominated for a Grammy Award for 1969 Best New Artist of the Year.
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April 28, 1979: Blondie's "Heart Of Glass" hits Number 1 in America, the first of their four chart-toppers in that country.
Debbie Harry, the band’s front-woman, was well into her thirties by the time Blondie landed their first #1. She’d been adopted as a baby, raised in New Jersey by a couple who ran a gift shop. \
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| Debbie Harry & David Bowie |
In the ’60s, after she got out of high school, she moved to New York and worked as a secretary, a go-go dancer, and a Playboy Bunny.
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