Time to take a look back into this day in rock history: December 25
Rock and roll’s first casualty as Johnny Ace shoots himself playing Russian Roulette backstage at a Houston gig.
Paul McCartney becomes engaged to actress Jane Asher. It ended just a few months later allegedly because Jane caught Paul cheating.
The Sex Pistols play a Christmas Day concert for kids at Ivanhoe’s in Huddersfield, England. We can’t figure it out either!
It was recorded years before (in September 1977) but the David Bowie / Bing Crosby duet on “Peace On Earth – Little Drummer Boy.” Is a hit again in Britain. The original recording was done when Crosby was in England to tape a TV special called Merrie Olde Christmas. His kids were Bowie fans and David mum was a fan of “der Bingel”
“The Godfather of Soul” takes his final bow as James Brown dies from severe pneumonia at the age of 73. As in life, Brown did not exit quietly.
