It's not unusual for groups to cover songs originally done by other artists, but when the Sex Pistols Sid Vicious covered Frank Sinatra's My Way on April 23, 1978 the world of music would change forever.
Vicious covered the song for a movie the band was making, and shows Vicious enter a small theater in Paris, take the stage to sing the song, and as the song progresses it becomes more and more heavy metal and less melodic.
The song would become a top 10 hit for the group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udjS5yhtT8I
Other notable events for April 23:
-The famous Ash Grove club in Los Angeles, where famous acts like Canned Heat had played during their formative years, burned down on April 23, 1969
-Timothy Leary received a further prison sentence on April 23, 1973 following his 1970 escape
-Harold Arlen, writer of Over the Rainbow, famously recorded by Judy Garland, passed away on April 23, 1986
-Kylie Minogue was seen on British TV for the first time on April 23, 1989 on an Australian soap opera, the Henderson Kids
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