Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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NOVEMBER 10 

TODAY IN 1973 ELTON JOHN’S SEVENTH ALBUM ‘GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD’ HITS #1 IN AMERICA, WHERE IT STAYS FOR EIGHT WEEKS. IT WAS HIS FIRST DOUBLE ALBUM AND FEATURED THE TITLE TRACK, AS WELL AS THE HIT SINGLES: “CANDLE IN THE WIND,” “BENNIE AND THE JETS,” AND “SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING.”  

BILLY IDOL RELEASED HIS SECOND SOLO ALBUM IN 1983, “REBEL YELL”, WHICH WENT ON TO SELL TWO MILLION COPIES IN THE U.S. ALONG WITH THE TITLE TRACK, HITS FROM THE ALBUM INCLUDE “EYES WITHOUT A FACE” AND “FLESH FOR FANTASY.  

AND IN 1988 AFTER A 6-YEAR HIATUS STEVE MILLER STARTS TOURING AGAIN, KICKING OFF WITH A SHOW IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT. 

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