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ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY: 12.20

1968 - The Beatles sixth Christmas record The Beatles' 1968 Christmas Record, was sent to fan club members in the UK and the US. It included the song "Nowhere Man" sung by Tiny Tim. listen below.

1969 - Peter Paul and Mary went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Leavin' On A Jet Plane". John Denver wrote the song in 1966 with the original title of "Oh Babe I Hate to Go". The song provided a huge boost to Denver's career.

Interesting fact: John Denver successfully took legal action against New Order, claiming that the guitar break on New Order's third single from their Technique album, "Run 2," too closely resembled "Leaving on a Jet Plane." The case was settled out of court, and as a result the single can never be re-released in its original form.

John Denver is in the Colorado Music Hall Of Fame.

1971 - The live album from the Concert For Bangladesh, held six months earlier in Madison Square Garden, is released in America.

Having been moved by his friend Ravi Shankar's appeal to help the homeless Bengali refugees of the 1971 India-Pakistan war, Harrison leaped into action, organizing on short notice what became a bellwether for the spectacular rock & roll benefits of the 1980s and beyond.

The large, almost unwieldy band was loaded with rock luminaries -- including Beatles alumnus Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Badfinger, and two who became stars as a result of their electric performances here, Leon Russell and Billy Preston. The high point of the concert is the surprise appearance of Bob Dylan -- pretty reclusive at this time in his life-- and he read the tea leaves perfectly by performing five of his most powerful, meaningful songs from the '60s. The concert came at a time when rock stars truly believed they could change the world.

1974 - Formerly of the James Gang and Barnstorm, Joe Walsh officially replaced Bernie Leadon in the Eagles after producer Bill Szymczyk had recommended Walsh to The Eagles.

Leadon was an important part of the band's early country rock sound, but soon grew tired of the grind of recording an album, touring, recording an album, touring...and felt at odds with the move towards rock.

When recounting the band’s early years, a chance meeting on tour got the wheels turning in Glenn Frey’s head for Walsh to replace original guitarist Bernie Leadon, recalling in History of the Eagles, After playing a couple of shows, I started to think, ‘Joe Walsh for Bernie Leadon?’. Maybe the vocals won’t be quite as good, but boy, are we gonna kick some ass!”.

Joe is in the Colorado Music Hall Of Fame with Barnstorm.

Birthdays:

Alan Parsons, British studio audio engineer, musician, and record producer, is 75. Landing a job as an assistant engineer at famed recording studio Abbey Road, Parsons received his first musical credit on Abbey Road and quickly became a respected and in-demand engineer and producer. His most famous production work is undoubtedly from Dark Side of the Moon. Parsons has also had success as a recording artist with his group Alan Parsons Project, which scored several hits including “Eye in the Sky,” “Games People Play” and “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You.”

Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes is 57. Chris and the Black Crowes cultivated a dedicated audience that ensured they would go down as one of the most respected and well-liked roots rockers of the '90s, channeling a classic sound in the mold of Humble Pie and the Faces. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)

R.I.P.:

1999 - Canadian Country singer Hank Snow died. "The Singing Ranger" released over 100 albums and scored more than seventy singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. A regular at the Grand Ole Opry, in 1954 Snow persuaded the directors to allow a new singer by the name of Elvis Presley to appear there.

On this Day In Music History was sourced, edited, copied, pasted, and occasionally completed with my own crude prose, from This Day in Music, Creative Loafing, Far Out Magazine, Song Facts, Allmusic, and Wikipedia.

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