Friday, March 18, 2016

On this day: March 18, 1965

The Rolling Stones continued to embrace their moniker of 'the bad boys of rock' on March 18, 1965 when, after asking the owner of a service station use of the bathroom, Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, and Brian Jones took matters into their own hands and urinated against the wall instead.

Charges were eventually pressed in the matter, and other band-mates including Charlie Watts and Keith Richards were expected to testify to the good characters of their friends. In the end each member of the offending party was fined $8 for the incident, but would forever be remembered as a rebel.



Other notable events for March 18:
-Bill Haley and the Comets arrived back in the states on March 18, 1957 after a world tour during which they performed for over 500,000 fans
-Production team Stock, Aitken and Waterman, had three singles in the top 4 places o the UK charts on March 18, 1989. They were; Jason Donovan's Too Many Broken Hearts, Bananarama's Help, and Donna Summer's This Time I Know it's for Real

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