JANUARY 9
IN 1963, ‘THE ROLLING STONES’ FOUND THE MAN WHO WILL SIT BEHIND THE KIT FOR THE NEXT 50-PLUS YEARS WHEN CHARLIE WATTS LEAVES THE GROUP ‘BLUES INCORPORATED’, AND HIS GRAPHIC DESIGNER DAY JOB, TO JOIN AN UP-AND-COMING BAND CALLED ‘THE ROLLING STONES’ AS THEIR NEW DRUMMER.
ON THIS DAY IN 1984, ‘VAN HALEN’ RELEASE THEIR SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM, SIMPLY TITLED ‘1984’. IT IS THE LAST ALBUM TO FEATURE ALL FOUR ORIGINAL MEMBERS AND SOLD MORE THAN 10 MILLION COPIES. IT FEATURES THE HITS “JUMP”, “PANAMA”, “HOT FOR TEACHER”, AND “I’LL WAIT”.
AND FINALLY, FORMER SESSION MUSICIAN, YARDBIRDS MEMBER, AND LED ZEPPELIN COFOUNDER, GUITARIST, PRODUCER AND ROCK AND ROLL ICON JIMMY PAGE CELEBRATES HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY.