This Day April 6 In Music History

@RasmaSandra (73444)
Daytona Beach, Florida
April 6, 2021 9:12pm CST
In 1968 Cliff Richard performed in the Eurovision Song Contest at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. He sang "Congratulations" and placed second. In 1968 Simon and Garfunkel got to number one on the US album chart with the soundtrack from the movie "The Graduate." The most remembered song was "Mrs Robinson." In 1973 David Bowie released his song "Drive-In Saturday" The lyrics of the song mentioned Mick Jagger - "When people stared in Jagger's eyes and scored", the model Twiggy "She'd sigh like Twig the wonder kid" and Carl Jung "Jung the foreman prayed at work" In 1999 there was an all-star tribute to singer and songwriter Johnny Cash in New York City for a TV special with Sheryl Crow, Chris Isaak, and U2
***NOTE: PLEASE READ ENTIRE DESCRIPTION!!!***Once again, this is another David Bowie song that I've always loved, and it seemed to be a fan favorite on my p...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (62159)
• United States
7 Apr 21
I do love “Mrs. Robinson,” but I was completely underwhelmed when I saw The Graduate. I had no idea what all the fuss was about...didn’t care for the movie at all. Oh, well, this is music history, not movie history!
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Apr 21
@FourWalls I agree The Graduate was not one of my favourites
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111187)
• El Paso, Texas
8 Apr 21
Yeah, she was simply a cougar only a lot older and boy was he stupid.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111187)
• El Paso, Texas
8 Apr 21
K, whose Mick Hagger?? Oh, was it a play on words perhaps?
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111187)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Apr 21
Oh jimminy crickets, I thought there really was a Mick Hagger ..... Shows ta go ya watt I know.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Apr 21
Thank you very much for your eagle eye I will fix that right away @rebelann
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86760)
• United States
7 Apr 21
Aw David Bowie..so much from my youth RIP
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (156276)
• United States
7 Apr 21
I remember the movie and the soundtrack from The Graduate. It did a lot for Dustin Hoffman's career.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
7 Apr 21
epic day! Bowie was an artist I loved, then stopped listening to, then came to love again. His stuff is often iconic!
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