FEB 10
ON THIS DAY IN 1978 VAN HALEN RELEASE THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM. THE ALBUM FEATURES SOME OF VAN HALEN’S MOST WELL-KNOWN SONGS, INCLUDING “RUNNIN’ WITH THE DEVIL”, “JAMIE’S CRYIN”, AND THE LEAD SINGLE, A COVER OF THE KINKS CLASSIC “YOU REALLY GOT ME.”.
TODAY IN 1972, DAVID BOWIE PERFORMED THE OPENING DATE OF HIS ‘ZIGGY STARDUST’ TOUR AT A SMALL CLUB IN LONDON. THE ZIGGY STARDUST TOUR EVENTUALLY PLAYED A TOTAL OF 182 DATES.
AND IN 1979, ROD STEWART STARTED A FOUR-WEEK RUN AT NUMBER ONE ON THE SINGLES CHART WITH “DO YA THINK I’M SEXY”, HIS THIRD CHART TOPPER, WHILE HIS ALBUM ‘BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN’ ALSO STARTED A THREE-WEEK RUN AT NUMBER ONE.
