OCTOBER 11 |
TODAY IN 1997 ELTON JOHN WENT TO NO. 1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH “CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997”, A REWRITE OF HIS 1974 HIT ABOUT MARILYN MONROE. THIS VERSION WAS RAISING FUNDS FOR THE DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES CHARITY, FOLLOWING HER DEATH IN PARIS.
IN 1980 THE POLICE TOPPED THE U.K. ALBUM CHART FOR THE SECOND TIME WITH THEIR THIRD STUDIO RELEASE ‘ZENYATTA MONDATTA’, WHICH FEATURED THE TRACKS “DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME” AND “DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA.”
AND IN 1990, NIRVANA PLAYED A SHOW AT THE NORTH SHORE SURF CLUB IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON WITH A NEW MAN BEHIND THE KIT. IT WAS THE DEBUT OF DRUMMER DAVE GROHL.
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