DECEMBER 24
ON THIS DAY IN 1965 THE BEATLES HAD THE #1 ALBUM IN THE U.K. FOR THE THIRD CHRISTMAS IN A ROW. “RUBBER SOUL” SAT ATOP THE LP CHART IN ’65, FOLLOWING “BEATLES FOR SALE” IN ‘64 AND “WITH THE BEATLES” IN ‘63. THE FAB FOUR WOULD REPEAT THIS FEAT AGAIN IN ‘68 WITH “THE WHITE ALBUM” AND YET AGAIN IN ‘69 WITH “ABBEY ROAD”.
TODAY IN 1988 POISON STARTED A THREE-WEEK RUN AT NO. 1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH “EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN.”
AND FINALLY, FOUNDER AND FRONTMAN OF THE BAND MOTÖRHEAD, THE LATE IAN FRASER ‘LEMMY’ KILMISTER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1945 IN STOKE, ENGLAND.
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