Linda and Paul McCartney posing against a standing stone (an ancient monolith) that stood outside their house when they lived in a remote part of Scotland, circa 1971. #PaulMcCartney #LindaMcCartney

The very first appearance of one of the members of the Rolling Stones on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine was on 10th August 1968. #RollingStone

Born 4th Aug 1951 - Roy Flowers, drummer from British soul group Sweet Sensation who scored the 1974 UK No.1 and US No.14 single 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'. The band came to prominence after appearing on the ITV talent show New Faces. #SweetSensation

Born 4th August 1947 - German electronic music composer and musician Klaus Schulze, who was a member of Tangerine Dream before launching a solo career which consisted of more than 60 albums released across five decades. #TangerineDream #KlausSchulze

4 Aug 1975, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant & his wife were both badly injured when the hire car he was driving spun off the road and crashed on the island of Rhodes. Plant smashed his ankle and elbow, and was not fit for 2 years. A forthcoming US tour had to be cancelled. #LedZeppelin #RobertPlant

4 Aug 1978, Jilted John released the single JILTED JOHN. Jilted John was actually actor/musician Graham Fellows, who was a 19-year-old drama student at the time. It made No.4 on the UK chart. It was a spoken-sung story about a teenager losing his girlfriend Julie to a rival named Gordon. #JiltedJohn

4 August 1967, Pink Floyd released their debut album 'The Piper At the Gates of Dawn'. In subsequent years, the album has been recognised as 1 of the seminal psychedelic albums of the 1960s. When reviewed by the 2 main music papers, Record Mirror and NME both gave it 4 stars out of 5. #PinkFloyd

On 4 Aug 1967, a 16-year-old female fan snuck onto The Monkees private plane during their flight from Minneapolis to St. Louis. The journey sparked a brief legal scare when the girl's father threatened to file charges against the band for illegally transporting a minor across state lines. #Monkees

Louis Armstrong was born 4 August 1901. He was one of the first popular African-American entertainers to "cross over" to wide popularity with white audiences. He rarely publicly discussed racial issues, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation in the Little Rock crisis. #LouisArmstrong

Born 4th Aug 1947, Paul Layton joined the New Seekers at the same time as Lyn Paul and Peter Doyle, completing the line-up that would take the New Seekers to international success. Paul's enthusiasm for performing has made him the longest serving member of the group. #PaulLayton #NewSeekers

Mr Ian Dury wrote brilliant lyrics. "Later on he drove a Roller, chauffeuring for foreign men Dropped his aitches on occasion, said : 'Cor blimey!' now and then Did the crossword in the Standard at the airport in the rain At the airport in the rain, My old man” #MyOldMan #IanDury

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In the 70s, Hanes reckoned this was a sure-fire way to sell tights. #Hanes

Akai hi-fi ad from the mid 70s. #Akai

"Got a call from a good friend Come on down for the weekend Didn't know if I could spare the time I knew a woman who was crazy About a boy who was lazy But it didn't work out 'cos they just couldn't make it rhyme" Pinball - Brian Protheroe #BrianProtheroe

Born 3 August 1951 - John Graham, guitarist with Earth, Wind & Fire, who had the 1975 US No.1 single 'Shining Star', and the 1981 UK No.3 single 'Let's Groove'. The band has received 20 Grammy nominations & were the 1st African-American act to sell out Madison Square Garden. #JohnGraham

Just for Love was the 4th album by psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Released Aug 3rd, 1970, it marked the culmination of a transition from the extended, blues/jazz-inspired improvisations of their first 2 albums to a more traditional rock sound. #QuicksilverMessengerService

3rd August 1971 - Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new group Wings with his wife Linda and former Moody Blues guitarist and singer Denny Laine. #Wings #PaulMcCartney

Born 3 Aug 1949, B.B. Dickerson, bassist with funk band War. Their album "The World Is a Ghetto" was the best-selling US album of 1973. In the hip-hop age, B.B. and War’s grooves provided inspiration for artists like Kanye West and the Beastie Boys & Janet Jackson. #War #TheWorldisaGhetto

3rd August 1973 - Stevie Wonder released his 16th studio album, Innervisions. Wonder played all or virtually all instruments on 6 of the album's 9 tracks. Hit singles from the album were 'Higher Ground', 'Living for the City' and 'He's Misstra Know-It-All'. #StevieWonder #Innervisions

Fear of Music was the 3rd studio album by US rock band Talking Heads, released on August 3, 1979 by Sire Records. It was recorded at locations in New York City during April and May 1979 and was produced by the quartet and Brian Eno. It made No 21 on the Billboard album chart. #TalkingHeads #Eno

Bond Girls #7. In Roger Moore's first outing as 007 in "Live and Let Die" (1973) Jane Seymour played the part of Solitaire and perfectly conveyed the naive virginal qualities that made her such an attractive conquest to Bond. #JaneSeymour #BondGirls

Born 3 Aug 1938, radio and TV broadcaster, #TerryWogan, is remembered for his long career with the BBC. For over 15 years, his weekday breakfast programme, Wake Up to Wogan, drew in millions of listeners. At the peak of his career, he was probably the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe.

This 1978 Technico Inc. advertisement features the Technico SS-16 microcomputer, powered by the 16-bit Texas Instruments TMS 9900 microprocessor. Possibly a bit sexist? #Technico

2 Aug 1973, "Papa" John Phillips filed a huge lawsuit on behalf of the group against their former record label, Dunhill Records, alleging over $60 million in unpaid royalties. It followed years of tension, including a forced 1971 reunion album (People Like Us) to satisfy contractual obligations.

On this day in 1975, the Eagles made No. 1 in the US with the title track from the album "One Of These Nights." It was the first of three top 10 hits from that album, and the second of five No. 1 songs for the band. #Eagles #OneoftheseNights

Born 2 Aug 1951, US singer/songwriter Andrew Gold. He had the 1977 US No.7 single 'Lonely Boy', and the 1978 UK No.5 single 'Never Let Her Slip Away'. His 'Thank You for Being a Friend' was used as the theme music for The Golden Girls. He died in 2011 from a heart attack, aged just 59. #AndrewGold

Hey - who remembers when a 10mb hard drive would cost you $3398.00? #70srule

2nd Aug 1969, 'Wet Dream', by Jamaican reggae singer Max Romeo entered the UK singles chart. The song gained notoriety due to its sexually explicit lyrics and it was banned by the BBC and most other radio stations. It effectively launched a new style of reggae. Max died last year aged 80. #MaxRomeo