Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for March 4th

A song that wasn't supposed to hit No. 1 -- The Taxman will Indeed Cometh! -- Great musician born this date...

3/4/1966 (54 years ago today) - It's their fourth No. 1 single: "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling Stones tops the Billboard singles chart -- It was originally released as the B-side to "Let's Spend The Night Together" which (of course) was considered too racy for American radio, so "Ruby" hit No. 1 instead...

3/4/1978 (42 years ago today) - "One for you, nineteen for me...": Jerry Lee Lewis feels the wrath of the Internal Revenue Service first thing this morning -- To pay off his overdue tax debts, they raided his home at dawn and took away several automobiles worth over $170,000! Alotta ching by '78 standards, really...

3/4/1948 - Born this date, founding member and original bassist for Yes, the extremely talented Chris Squire -- Between 1969 and 2014, he was the only member to appear on every single Yes studio album, 21 of 'em all together. Chris passed away June 27th, 2015 from acute erythroid leukemia; he was 67 years old -- Just thinking out loud here, but we really believe you ought to have 1971's "The Yes Album" in your collection, prog-perfection from start-to-finish for this somewhat taken-for-granted band.

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"Yesterday don't matter/If it's gone...", xoxo!