1978: An L.A. group called Player had the top tune in the US with "Baby Come Back". The song was written by band members Peter Beckett and John Crowley after both had broken up with their respective girl friends. The song reached #32 in the UK.
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1973: Pete Townshend of The Who helped Eric Clapton to overcome some personal problems by getting him involved in a show he called The Rainbow Concert. Clapton had fallen into alcohol abuse and drug dependency. Townshend recruited Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and others to play a sold out show that was later released as the album, "Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert".
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1974: After entering Billboard's Hot 100 in October '73, The Steve Miller Band's "The Joker" makes it all the way to number one.
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1964: The Murmaids' only hit, "Popsicles and Icicles", reaches its peak at #3 on the Hot 100. Interestingly, the single version would have four different B-sides on individual pressings.
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1976: Foghat's "Slow Ride" becomes the first of their five Billboard chart entries and the only one to crack the Top 20.
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