Buddy, John and Curtis -- a fantastic day for making music apparently...

Curtis Mayfield Performs
Curtis Mayfield, 1972. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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10/21/1958 (58 years ago today) - Pythian Temple Studios, New York City: It turns out to be Buddy Holly's final recording session; tracks finished on this date include "Raining In My Heart", "Moondreams", and future No. 1 classic "It Doesn't Matter Anymore". Good days work indeed...

10/21/1965 (51 years ago today) - Abbey Road Studios, London: The Beatles start from scratch on a new song John Lennon has just finished writing called "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)". They finish the recording in three takes. Three takes!!! C'mon already...

10/21/1972 (44 years ago today) - One of the decade's catchiest, funkiest and most notorious hit single classics starts a four week run at No. 1 on this date: all hail the mighty "Superfly" by the late, great, truly awesome Curtis Mayfield who cooked up three minutes and eight seconds of goose-bump-inducing vinyl perfection...Found a cool live performance, too:

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