This day in music 1968, The Beatles (known as The White Album), was released in the US. Notable for the eclectic nature of its songs, the album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and was listed at No.10 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. The album features: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Dear Prudence, Helter Skelter, Blackbird Back In The USSR and George Harrisons While My Guitar Gently Weeps. The album spent 101 weeks on the US chart peaking at No.1. 1972, Chuck Berry was at No.1 on the singles chart with My Ding a-Ling, his only UK No.1. The song was originally recorded by Dave Bartholomew in 1952. Berrys version was from a concert recorded at the Locarno ballroom in Coventry, England, on 3 February 1972. Boston radio station WMEX disc jockey Jim Connors was credited with a gold record for discovering the song and pushing it to No.1 over the airwaves and amongst his peers in the United States. 1976, The Band made their final performance; The Last Waltz held on American Thanksgiving Day, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The show also featured Joni Mitchell, Dr John, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton and others. The event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name, released in 1978.
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