On This Day, May 11, 1970...
Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More was released.
The live album featured performances from the movie documenting the iconic 1969 counterculture festival, which took place Aug. 15 - 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, about 60 miles from the town of Woodstock.
The album included performances from Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joan Baez, The Who, Joe Cocker, Santana, Jefferson Airplane and more.
It went on to hit #1 on the Billboard charts and be certified double Platinum by the RIAA.
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