A Classic Sixties Festival! --  A Solo Beatle First! -- 1978's Album Of The Year Is...

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George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, Sept. 1970. (Central Press/Getty Images)
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12/28/1968 (48 years ago today) - Unwind after the Christmas holiday at the three day Miami Pop Festival which is just getting underway; cited by some rock historians as the first major rock festival held on the East Coast of the U.S., you'll get to see sets by the Grateful Dead, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Procol Harum, Iron Butterfly, Canned Heat, Marvin Gaye, The Box Tops and many more...

12/28/1971 (45 years ago today) - George Harrison becomes the first Beatle to hit No. 1 on the singles chart with "My Sweet Lord", a song he originally intended for Billy Preston to record!

12/28/1978 (38 years ago today) - Rolling Stone magazine votes "Some Girls" by The Rolling Stones as 'Album of the Year' and why not? "Miss You", "Just My Imagination", "When The Whip Comes Down", "Shattered", "Far Away Eyes", "Respectable", "Beast Of Burdon" -- absolutely one of the Stones all-time best, and they've had quite a few...

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