Episode Transcript
What happened this week in rock androll history? Let's find out. It's
the rock Omanac on iHeartRadio. What'sgoing on, rockers and rollers? It's
Andy West. Let's get it started. We kick it off. This week
in nineteen seventy one, John Lennonleaves England to start a new life with
his wife Yoko in New York City. He never returns to England, sticking
with the Beatles. This week innineteen seventy six, George Harrison has found
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guilty of subconscious plagiarism in a bizarrelawsuit that leaves songwriters baffle. A judge
rules that Harrison's nineteen seventy song MySweet Lord is musically similar to He's So
Fine, a nineteen sixty three hitfor the girl group The Cheffons, and
orders him to pay nearly one pointsix million dollars in damages. You have
to slow down the Cheffons. Buthere's a comparison. This week in nineteen
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eighty two, Apple co founder SteveWasley act throws the US Festival in hopes
of uniting people through music and technology. A crowd of at least two hundred
thousand shows up in the blistering heatof San Bernardino, California for three days
of music, tech, geekery,and dust lots of dust. Fleetwood Mac
performed for the first time in twoyears, headlining a bill that also includes
The Police and The Grateful Dead.This week in nineteen ninety five, the
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opensin Cleveland with opening ceremony performances by Bob
Dylan, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, and
Moore. And this week in twothousand and two, the Rolling Stones fortieth
Anniversary Licks Tour kicks off at theFleet Center in Boston. Tickets for the
best seats cost two hundred and twentyfour dollars. The world tour would see
the band play for over two anda half million fans and over one hundred
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shows. And that's what went downfor your rock Omanac on iHeartRadio.
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