The animated film Fantasia was produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt 
Disney Productions. It is the third feature in the Disney animated features library
and consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music with
conductor Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Fantasia is the first commercial film shown in stereophonic sound. In
1998 the American Film Institute ranked it as the 58th greatest American film 
in their 100 Years…100 Movies and the fifth greatest animated film in their
10 Top 10 list. 


 

Camille Bohannon

Neil Percival Young is celebrating his 70th birthday today.

Neil Young was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: once for his
solo career and another time as a member of Buffalo Springfield.

The song “Poor Side of Town” was a very important record for Johnny 
Rivers and represented a change from the Go Go musical style that
provided him with his early hits and acclaim. With this song, Rivers
moved into the pop-soul style sound.

Johnny Rivers turned 73 on November 7.

"Nights in White Satin" was written and composed by Justin Hayward and was
first featured on the album Days of Future Passed. It was the first significant
chart entry by the band since the song "Go Now" and a lineup change.

John Lennon as Private Gripeweed on the cover of Rolling Stone’s
first issue.

Rolling Stone is a biweekly magazine that focuses on popular culture. It
was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who is still the
publisher, and music critic Ralph J. Gleason.

Jann Simon Wenner turned 69 in January.

Ralph Joseph Gleason
(March 1, 1917 – June 3, 1975)