DECEMBER 27
ON THIS DAY IN 1975 QUEEN SCORED THEIR FIRST #1 ALBUM WITH ‘A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’. RUMORED TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE ALBUM EVER RECORDED AT THE TIME IT FEATURED THE EPIC HIT “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” ALONG WITH “YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND” & “I’M IN LOVE WITH MY CAR”.
IN 1982 BILLY JOEL PLAYS A BENEFIT CONCERT IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA AS HIS SONG “ALLENTOWN” MAKES ITS WAY UP THE CHARTS. ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT GROW UP THERE, HE COMPARED THE SIMILARITIES WITH HIS OWN HOMETOWN, LEVITTTOWN, THE ORIGINAL WORKING TITLE OF THE SONG.
AND HAPPY 79TH BIRTHDAY TO FOUNDING MEMBER, GUITARIST, AND SONGWRITER OF FOREIGNER, MICHAEL “MICK” JONES, BORN ON THIS DAY IN PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND.
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