On this day in music history…
In 1967, the Monterey International Pop Festival kicked off in Monterey, California. The lineup included Simon & Garfunkel, The Steve Miller Band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Eric Burdon & The Animals, and more. The festival lasted three days, and it went down in history as an important event in the early days of the Summer of Love.
In 1978, the movie Grease hit theaters. Based on the musical from 1971, the film starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Grease was a blockbuster; it was the highest-grossing movie of 1978, making over 159 million dollars at the box office. The soundtrack album was also successful, hitting number 1 on the chart and yielding four top five singles.
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