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12/15 Beatles '65 and the Who Sell Out released

A pair of big album releases arrived On this day In 1964 and 1967. The  Beatles released Beatles ’65 on December 15th in the US.  The group's 5th US album  included 8 songs from Beatles for Sale, an album released 10 days earlier in the UK that was only available as an import in America until 1987.  The US album would rocket from #98 on the Billboard album chart to #1 the following week, the largest consecutive week jump in the publication's history to that time.

Three years later, The Who Sell Out got its release on this day.   The band's third album was something of a novelty with spoof commercials inserted between songs, some of which caused objections from unamused advertisment producers of jingles for actual products that were lampooned on the album. 

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on December 15 include...

 

1910 Legendary producer John Hammond born.  Hammond had a hand in securing contracts and influencing the careers of a slew of artists, including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Michael Bloomfield and many others.

1919 Woodstock site dairy farmer Max Yasgur born.

1942  Drummer Carmen Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogart & Appice) born.

1955 Paul Simonon of the Clash born.

1969 John Lennon did his last UK concert, a UNIFEF benefit a the Lycium in London.

1977 Sex Pistols denied US visas the day before scheduled appearance on Saturday Night Live.

1981 Robbie Krieger of the Doors joins Blue Oyster Cult on Roadhouse Blues during Reseda, California BOC show.

1984 Robert Plant plays Saturday Night Live with the Honeydrippers.

1989 Paul McCartney donates $100,000 to Friends of the Earth.

1990 Rod Stewart marries Rachel Hunter.

1991 Scorpions donate $62,000 to Russia for humanitarian aid.

2001 Joe Walsh awarded a doctorate of Music by Kent State University.

1994 Richie Sambora marries Heather Locklear.

2005 NJ state legislator introduces bill to make Born To Run license plate, with sales to benefit Garden State food banks.

2009 Rock Hall Of Fame announces Genesis and the Stooges will be inducted.

2010 First guitar Pete Townshend ever played auctioned for $11,000 to benefit Teenage Cancer Trust.

2018 Springsteen on Broadway closes after 236 sold-out performances...