Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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DECEMBER 7 

TODAY IN 1962 THE ROLLING STONES HIRE BILL WYMAN AS THEIR NEW BASS PLAYER. HE FREQUENTLY PROVIDED BACKING VOCALS ON EARLY RECORDS AND PERFORMED ON THEIR FIRST 19 ALBUMS. HE REMAINED WITH THE STONES UNTIL 1993.  

THE EAGLES RELEASE ‘NEW KID IN TOWN’ IN 1976 AS THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THEIR FIFTH ALBUM ‘HOTEL CALIFORNIA’. IT WENT ON TO EVENTUALLY BECOME THE GROUP’S THIRD U.S. #1.  

AND IN 1991 U2 HAD THE #1 ALBUM IN AMERICA WHEN ‘ACHTUNG BABY’ TOPPED THE CHARTS, FEATURING THE HITS “MYSTERIOUS WAYS”, “ONE” AND “EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING”. 

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