Carole King's Landmark Tapestry Hits #1 - Music History Calendar - Event of The Day

 

Carole King's Landmark Tapestry Hits #1     1971 Carole King's album Tapestry hits #1 in the US, where it stays for 15 weeks. Read the full story   More Events:   1987 Mötley Crüe begin their Girls, Girls, Girls tour with a show in Tucson, Arizona. The stage show features an inflatable Harley, lots of pyro, and a contraption that spins Tommy Lee and his drum kit upside down while he plays. Whitesnake is the opening act; later on the tour an new band called Guns N' Roses takes that slot.   2010 "California Gurls" hits #1, the first of five Hot 100 chart-toppers from Katy Perry's Teenage Dream album - a feat equaled only by Michael Jackson's Bad.   2014 Lyricist Gerry Goffin, author of over 100 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, many with former wife and songwriting partner Carole King, dies at age 75.   See More Events