JANUARY 26
TODAY IN 1973 ELTON JOHN ISSUES HIS SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘DON’T SHOOT ME, I’M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER’. IT FEATURES TWO OF HIS MOST POPULAR SONGS: THE ’50S FLASHBACK “CROCODILE ROCK”, HIS FIRST #1 HIT IN AMERICA, AND “DANIEL.”
TODAY IN 2018 FLEETWOOD MAC PERFORM AT THE MUSICARES BENEFIT AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, WHERE THEY ARE HONORED. IT IS LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM’S LAST PERFORMANCE WITH THE GROUP AND IS REPLACED WITH TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS LEAD GUITARIST MIKE CAMPBELL AND CROWDED HOUSE’S NEIL FINN.
AND VIRTUOSO GUITARIST EDDIE VAN HALEN, WHO PASSED AWAY OCTOBER OF 2020, WAS BORN TODAY IN 1955.
