This Day In Music History
October 12th
1965 - Working on Rubber Soul at Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles record ‘Run For Your Life’ in its entirety, in five takes, and another new Lennon song at the time called 'This Bird Has Flown’. The title would later get changed to ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’ and included George Harrison's sitar part, the first appearance of that Indian instrument on a pop record.
1975 - Rod Stewart and The Faces play their final show at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island.
1985 - Ricky Wilson of the B-52's dies due to complications from AIDS. The B-52's would have the No.3 single 'Love Shack' in 1990.
1994 - Pink Floyd plays the first of a 15-night run at Earls Court, London, England. Less than a minute after the band started playing 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', scaffolding holding 1200 fans, collapsed, dropping hundreds of people 20 feet to the ground. It took over an hour to free everyone from the twisted wreckage, ninety-six people were injured, with 36 needing hospital treatment. Pink Floyd sent a free T-shirt and a note of apology to all the fans who had been seated in the stand that collapsed.
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