Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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DECEMBER 21 

TODAY IN 1983 VAN HALEN RELEASED WHAT WOULD BECOME THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL SONG, “JUMP”, AS THE LEAD SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM “1984”. THE TRACK WOULD TOP THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 THE FOLLOWING FEBRUARY AND STAY THERE FOR FIVE WEEKS.  

IN 1985 ‘HEART’ TOPPED THE ALBUM CHART IN AMERICA WITH THEIR SELF-TITLED EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM WHICH FEATURED THE HIT SINGLES “WHAT ABOUT LOVE” “NEVER” AND “THESE DREAMS”  

AND FINALLY IN 1991, A MONTH AFTER FREDDIE MERCURY’S DEATH QUEEN STARTED A 5-WEEK RUN ATOP OF THE U.K. SINGLES CHART WITH “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”. IN AMERICA, THE SONG GETS NEW LIFE THE NEXT YEAR WHEN IT IS USED IN THE MOVIE ‘WAYNE’S WORLD’ 

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