JANUARY 19
ON THIS DAY IN 1980, PINK FLOYD’S ‘THE WALL’ STARTED AN INCREDIBLE 15-WEEK RUN AT NO.1 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART. ‘THE WALL’ IS STILL THE THIRD LARGEST GROSSING ALBUM IN THE U.S., BEHIND MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER AND EAGLES’ ‘GREATEST HITS’.
IN 2011 AEROSMITH FRONTMAN STEVEN TYLER MADE HIS TV DEBUT APPEARANCE AS A JUDGE ON ‘AMERICAN IDOL’, DURING THE PREMIERE OF THE SHOW’S TENTH SEASON, REPLACING SIMON COWELL.
AND IN 1980 IT’S A PRETENDERS TWO’FER WHEN THE PRETENDERS HIT NO.1 IN THE U.K. WITH THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM, FOR THE FIRST OF FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS WHILE THEY ALSO HELD THE TOP SPOT ON THE U.K. SINGLES CHART WITH ‘BRASS IN POCKET’.