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CRIMSON AND CLOVER - TOMMY JAMES - 1969

NEWS

• Man would first step foot on the moon

• The Manson Family commits the Tate-LaBianca Murders.

• Nixon would be our new President.

• The anti-war protests raged on and became more violent.

• The first troop withdrawals were made from Viet Nam.

• The draft lottery came in to being.

• Sen. Kennedy was involved in Chapaquidick.

 

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

• MOVIES: “Easy Rider”, “Midnight Cowboy” and “Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid”

• T.V.: Burt, Earnie, Big Bird and Cookie Monster were on “Sesame Street”.  “Hee-Haw”, “Marcus Welby” and “The Brady Bunch” premier.

• The first year headrests would be mandated in all new cars.

• Led Zeppelin would release their first album.

• John would marry Yoko…Paul would marry Linda

• Tiny Tim & Miss Vicki married on the Tonight Show.

• Monty Python’s Flying Circus first aired on the BBC.

 

DEAD

• Judy Garland

• Boris Karloff

• Ho Chi Minh

 

#1@1

• The song features a tremolo effect on the guitar and an ending section with a tremolo effect on the vocals.

• The song was released in late 1968 as a rough mix after a radio station leaked it.

• Following a performance of the song on The Ed Sullivan Show on January 26, it became number one on Febuary 1st.

• Tommy James & the Shondells , Crimson & Clover your number 1 at 1 from February 1969.



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