A 3:30 single version of Won't Get Fooled Again released in June of 1971 gave fans a hint of what a great album the Who was working on during that and the two previous months. When the group's fifth album dropped on this day of that year it became an instant sensation.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock Events on August 14 include...
1941 David Crosby born.
1945 Steve Martin born.
1962 The Beatles fire Pete Best and Brian Epstein invites Ringo Starr to join.
1970 Stephen Stills arrested on cocaine charge in La Jolla, California motel.
1976 So It Goes by Nick Lowe becomes the first single released by Stiff Records.
1978 CSN, CSN&Y and Hollies veteran Graham Nash becomes an American citizen.
1988 Roy Buchanan hangs himself in a Fairfax, Virginia jail cell he was being held in followin an arrest on public drunkeness.
1989 Bon Jovi's New Jersey album becomes the first US rock album sold legally in Russia.
2000 Rioting fans dispersed by police firing rubber bullets at a Rage Against the Machine concert in Los Angeles.
2004 Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts announces he is undergoing treatment for throat cancer.
2004 Little Steven stages his first Underground Garage Festival in New York with Iggy & the Stooges, the New York Dolls, Big Star, the Strokes and others.
2010 Aerosmith and the J. Geils Band play Fenway Park in Boston.
2013 Blue Oyster Cult keyboard and rhythm guitarist Alan Lanier dies of heart disease.
