DJ Fred’s Rock N’ Roll Factoids For November 2nd [VIDEOS]

It was this date in 1956 that a Fats Domino concert was interrupted by mayhem, right in the middle of Blueberry Hill no less!  Damn, isn't anything sacred?

Police were called in and had to use tear gas when a riot broke out during his concert in Fayetteville, North Carolina.  Fats along with three of his musicians suffered minor injuries.

In 1969 the Beatles finished recording Hello Goodbye when Paul McCartney added his base line.  The song would be the A side of a 45 RPM record with the John Lennon penned song I Am The Walrus on the other side.  Coo coo cachoo.  Excuse me.

Also on this date in 1969 Sugar Sugar by the Archies hit #1 on the pop chart.  Even after all of these years, I still can't decide who was hotter, Betty or Veronica?  Anyway, I'd post the  comic strip video here featuring The Archies, but for some reason I like the one below better.  Closer to reality I think, yeah that's what it is.

And yet again on this date in 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival released their third album, Willy And The Poor Boys.  It featured Down On The Corner and also the Vietnam war protest song, Fortune Son.  "It ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son."  Yup, luck was on my side, if it wasn't, then my ass would have been sent over there too.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young #1 on this date in 1974 with their album So Far.  It was a collection of their biggest songs "so far," with stuff like Teach Your Children, Ohio and Suite: Judy Blue Eyes on it.  Their friend Joni Mitchell scribbled out the album cover which depicted the four members playing their instruments on the beach, it also featured the song Woodstock which she wrote for the band.

Led Zeppelin hadn't played together in public for two decades, and were due to reunite on this date in 2007 at London's O2 Arena, but just two weeks prior to the show guitarist Jimmy Page broke his left pinky finger. How did one of the greatest coordinated guitarists that this day and age has ever seen break his pinky?  He fell in the garden.

Also on this date in 2007, Ozzy Osbourne claimed that his reputation had been tarnished when cops in North Dakota organized a party for 500 unsuspecting folks with outstanding warrants.  Police had said that Ozzy would be the master of ceremonies for the party, and when 30 numb nuts showed up they were promptly arrested.  Police coordinated the so-called party when Ozzy was actually in town for a performance.  Biting a head off of a bat, snorting a line of cocaine covered ants and being arrested numerous times didn't tarnish Ozzy's reputation, but apparently this did.  Go figure.  By the way, Ozzy and Black Sabbath are the I-95 Artist/Band of the Day!  Go figure.