JANUARY 10
TODAY IN 1984, ‘MOTLEY CRUE’ PLAY THEIR OPENING SHOW ON THE FIRST LEG OF OZZY OSBOURNE’S ‘BARK AT THE MOON’ TOUR IN PORTLAND, MAINE, SOME OF WHICH IS CHRONICLED IN THEIR 2001 MEMOIR ‘THE DIRT’.
WE HAVE THREE MAJOR ROCKSTARS CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS TODAY: STEELY DAN’S DONALD FAGEN IS 76…PAT BENATAR IS 71…AND SIR ROD STEWART IS 79.
SADLY, TODAY IN 2016 SINGER, SONGWRITER, ARTIST, AND ACTOR DAVID BOWIE DIED FROM LIVER CANCER AT HIS NEW YORK HOME JUST TWO DAYS AFTER HIS 69TH BIRTHDAY. DURING HIS LIFETIME, HIS RECORD SALES, ESTIMATED AT 140 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE, MADE HIM ONE OF THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING MUSIC ARTISTS