Fox Facts: December 17

2015 - Deep Purple, Chicago, Cheap Trick and Steve Miller announced to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. 

1999 - Keith Richards decides to keep a guitar that he was asked to autograph, outside his birthday party at the Russian Tea Room in New York City. 

1989 - The Simpsons debuts on Fox with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire." 

1986 - Paul and Linda McCartney's limo caught fire in route to a TV taping in Newcastle, England.

1986 - The Doobie Brothers reunited for a benefit in Palo Alto, California.

1982 - The Who play the last concert of their It's Hard Tour at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens.

1971 - David Bowie releases his fourth album, Hunky Dory.

1967 - John Lennon and George Harrison throw a party in London for the area secretaries of their official Fan Club. 

1963 - James Carroll at WWDC in Washington, DC, became the first disc jockey to broadcast a Beatles' record on American airwaves.

1949 - Paul Rodgers, lead singer and lyricist of Freeand Bad Company, is born in Middlesbrough, England.


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