This Week In Classic Hits History (3/21-25)

This week, the Beatles butcher, Billy marries his up-town girl, and Queen is ruined in America.

March 21, 1961:

The Beatles played their first show at the Carvern Club in Liverpool. They would appear more than 300 times over the next 2 years.

March 22, 1984:

Queen filmed the video for ‘I Want To Break Free’. It was a parody of the British soap opera Coronation Street with the band members dressing up in drag. Brian May later said the video ruined the band in America.

March 23, 1985:

Billy Joel married model Christie Brinkley on a boat moored alongside the Statue Of Liberty. They were divorced in 1993.

March 24, 1973:

A fan jumped on stage during a Lou Reed show and bit Lou on the bottom. The man was thrown out of the show and Reed finished the performance.

March 25, 1966:

The Beatles at a photo session posed in white coats using sides of meat with mutilated and butchered dolls for the cover of their next American album, 'Yesterday and Today'. Negative reaction to the cover photo was so strong Capitol recalled 750,000 copies from distributors to replace the cover. The total cost to Capitol to replace the cover and promotional materials was $250,000, wiping out their initial profit