Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon Goes To #1 On The US Album Charts On April 28, 1973

On April 28, 1973 Pink Floyd's classic album Dark Side of the Moon went to #1 on the US album charts.

Although it was only at #1 for a single week, Dark Side of the Moon spent a record total of 741 consecutive weeks on the top 200 Billboard album charts and has sold over 40 million copies worldwide to date.

The album is filled with classic tracks but "Money" is probably the most well known song to the classic rock radio listener.

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David Gilmour of Pink Floyd was born on March 6, 1946

61 years ago today, March 6th, David Gilmour was born in Cambridge, England.

Gilmour was asked to join Pink Floyd in late 1967 because of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett's breakdown. Briefly the band was a five piece with both Barrett and Gilmour but soon the band decided they could no longer go on with Barrett due to his increasingly erratic behavior. Gilmour took over for Barrett as the lead guitarist of Pink Floyd and shared lead vocals with bassist Roger Waters.

Gilmour went on to have huge success with Pink Floyd on albums like Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here.

Gilmour's guitar solos are among the most famous in rock n roll history.

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Listen for David Gilmour's guitar solo on Pink Floyd's classic song "Comfortably Numb" (this video is taken from The Wall)

The Pink Floyd finishes recording of "Arnold Layne" on February 27th, 1967

40 years ago today, February 27th, The Pink Floyd (yes they were The Pink Floyd in those days) finished the recording of the psychedelic pop single "Arnold Layne."

"Arnold Layne" was not included on The Pink Floyd's classic psychedelic album "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" which was released later in 1967.

The Pink Floyd's lineup at that time was Syd Barrett on Guitar and Vocals, Roger Waters on Bass, Richard Wright on Organ, and Nick Mason on Drums. As with almost all of The Pink Floyd songs of this era, Barrett was the principle songwriter of "Arnold Layne."

"Arnold Layne" was released on March 11, 1967 in the UK and went to #20 in the UK charts.

This was also one of the first songs to have a music video recorded for it:



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