Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

AUGUST 10 |

TODAY IN 1968 CREAM’S THIRD ALBUM, ‘WHEELS OF FIRE’ HIT NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART. THE TWO-DISC LP CONTAINED ONE DISC THAT WAS RECORDED IN THE STUDIO AND THE OTHER WAS CAPTURED LIVE. THE ALBUM FEATURED THE CLASSIC “WHITE ROOM”.

IN 1985 CANADIAN SINGER, GUITARIST BRYAN ADAMS SCORED HIS FIRST U.S. NO.1 ALBUM WITH ‘RECKLESS’ FEATURING THE HIT SINGLES “RUN TO YOU”, “HEAVEN” AND “SUMMER OF ‘69”

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO IAN ANDERSON, THE LEADER OF ‘JETHRO TULL’. THE MAN WHO MADE THE FLUTE INTO A ROCK AND ROLL INSTRUMENT IS 76