On the 14th of December in the history of classic rock:
• 1963 - "I Want To Hold Your Hand" replaces "She Loves You" at #1 on the UK singles chart
• 1968 - Iron Butterfly gets a gold record for the first million sales of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
• 1997 - Guitarist Kurt Winter (The Guess Who) dies of kidney failure at the age of 51
• 1999 - Paul McCartney plays Liverpool's Cavern Club, from which The Beatles launched their career almost 40 years earlier
Today's Birthdays:
Jackie McAuley - Them - 1946
Cliff Williams - AC/DC - 1949
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