FEB 11
ON THIS DAY IN 1964, THE BEATLES PLAY THEIR FIRST U.S. CONCERT, PERFORMING AT THE WASHINGTON COLISEUM IN WASHINGTON, DC. OVER 350 POLICE SURROUNDED THE STAGE TO KEEP THE 8,000 PLUS SCREAMING FANS IN CONTROL.
TODAY IN 1983 THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AWARDS BOB SEGER HIS SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE U.S. PLATINUM AWARD FOR THE ALBUM, ‘THE DISTANCE’ FEATURING THE HITS “EVEN NOW” AND “ROLL ME AWAY”.
AND THE NUMBER ONE ALBUM IN AMERICA TODAY IN 1989 WAS THE ‘GUNS N’ ROSES’ ALBUM ‘APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION’ CONTAINING THE MEGA ROCK HITS “WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE”, “PARADISE CITY” AND “SWEET CHILD O’ MINE”.
