Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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OCTOBER 8 |  

ON THIS DAY IN 1980, ‘TALKING HEADS’ RELEASE THEIR FOURTH ALBUM, ‘REMAIN IN LIGHT’ WHICH FEATURED THE SONG “ONCE IN A LIFETIME”. THE SONG’S VIDEO BECOMES AN MTV FAVORITE THAT AIRED THE FIRST DAY THE NETWORK GOES ON THE AIR.  

TODAY IN 1988 DEF LEPPARD’S BALLAD “LOVE BITES”, FROM THE ALBUM ‘HYSTERIA’, HITS #1 ON THE HOT 100 SINGLES CHART.  

ALSO IN 1988, U2 FINALLY SCORE THEIR FIRST NO.1 HIT IN THE U.K. WITH “DESIRE”, A SINGLE ON THE ALBUM ‘RATTLE AND HUM’, WHICH FEATURED BOTH LIVE AND STUDIO RECORDINGS. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, “DESIRE” EARNED A GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP 

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