Wrappin' up the week with The Holy Trinity of Dylan-Lennon-McCartney; there's some head-scratchin' goin' on here, just so you know...

John & Yoko
John & Yoko, July 1971. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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4/24/1961 (59 years ago today) - It's Bob Dylan's first ever recording, but it's not what you think: Zimmy appears on Harry Belafonte's album "The Midnight Special" playing harmonica on the song "Calypso King" -- He gets paid the standard $50 session fee...

4/24/1972 (48 years ago today) - For an artist that did a lot of controversial stuff, this one was a doozy: John Lennon's "Woman Is The [N-word] Of The World" is actually released as a single here in the U.S. -- Virtually every radio station in the country refuses to give it airtime (duh!); it charts no higher than No. 57 -- Yoko apparently said the phrase during a 1967 magazine interview; John tried to explain he was attempting to point out how women deserve "a higher status in society". Still, though...

4/24/1976 (44 years ago today) - Somewhat oddly, it really is the ex-Beatles most successful American release: "At The Speed Of Sound" by Wings goes to the top of the U.S. LP chart, making it Paul's fifth Number One album since the break-up of The Beatles -- Featuring the hits "Let 'Em In" and "Silly Love Songs", the record spends seven weeks (off 'n on) at No. 1, while the band is smack-dab-in-the-middle of their 1976 World TourActually a pretty decent album...

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