DECEMBER 15
TODAY IN 1967 THE WHO RELEASE THEIR THIRD ALBUM, ‘THE WHO SELL OUT’ – A CONCEPT ALBUM STRUCTURED AS A COLLECTION OF UNRELATED SONGS INTERSPERSED WITH FAKE COMMERCIALS AND PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS BUT INCLUDES THE HIT “I CAN SEE FOR MILES”.
IN 1979 PINK FLOYD STARTED A FIVE-WEEK RUN AT THE TOP OF THE U.K. SINGLES CHART WITH “ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, (PART 2)”. THE SONG, WHICH WAS ALSO THE FINAL #1 SINGLE OF THE 70S, RECEIVED A GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A ROCK DUO OR GROUP
“DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS?” ENTERED THE UK CHART IN 1984 AT #1, WHERE STAYED FOR FIVE WEEKS. THE BOB GELDOLF PENNED TUNE WAS RECORDED BY LEADING IRISH AND BRITISH MUSICIANS AND SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN TO RAISE MONEY FOR FAMINE RELIEF IN ETHIOPIA.
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