Friday’s Nostalgic News – May 26

• 1968 – Pink Floyd, Blonde On Blonde and The Pretty Things all appeared at the OZ magazine benefit at the Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden, London, England.
• 1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono began an eight-day ‘bed in’, in room 1742 of The Hotel La Reine Elizabeth, Montreal, Canada, to promote world peace. The song was credited to Lennon & McCartney, even though Paul had nothing to do with the record.
• 1972 – At the point of the band splitting up David Bowie offered Mott The Hoople two of his new songs, ‘Suffragette City’, which they turned down and ‘All The Young Dudes’, which they recorded. The song gave the group a No.3 UK and US Top 40 hit.
• 1972 – Elton John released the album Honky Chateau in the United States (he had released the LP on May 19 in the U.K.)
• 1972 – The first day of the four day UK festival ‘The Great Western Express’ near Lincoln featuring; The Faces, Joe Cocker, Humble Pie, Slade, The Groundhogs, Ry Cooder, Don McLean, Brewers Droop plus a special appearance by Monty Python.
• 1973 – Deep Purple’s single “Smoke On The Water” was released.

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