OCTOBER 19 |
IN 1979 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS RELEASE THEIR THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, “DAMN THE TORPEDOES”. IT WENT ON TO BE CERTIFIED TRIPLE PLATINUM BASED ON THE STRENGTH OF SEVERAL HITS INCLUDING “REFUGEE”, “HERE COMES MY GIRL”, AND THE TOP 10 HIT “DON’T DO ME LIKE THAT”.
TODAY IN 1974 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE HAD THE #1 ALBUM IN AMERICA WITH “NOT FRAGILE”. THE SINGLE FROM THE LP, “YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET”, ALSO TOPPED THE AMERICAN CHARTS AND GAVE THE BAND THEIR ONLY HIT IN THE U.K. WHERE IT ROSE TO #2.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PATRICK SIMMONS. THE DOOBIE BROTHERS’ FOUNDING GUITARIST, VOCALIST AND ROCK HALL OF FAMER TURNs 75 TODAY
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