FEB 13
ON FRIDAY THE 13TH IN 1970 BLACK SABBATH RELEASED THEIR DEBUT SELF-TITLED STUDIO ALBUM FEATURING THE TRACK “THE WIZARD. PEAKING AT NUMBER EIGHT ON THE CHARTS, THE ALBUM IS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE HEAVY METAL GENRE.
TODAY IN 1978, DIRE STRAITS BEGAN RECORDING THEIR DEBUT ALBUM IN LONDON. THE ALBUM WHICH FEATURED THE GROUP’S BREAKTHROUGH SINGLE “SULTANS OF SWING” WENT ON TO ENJOY A 132-WEEK RUN ON THE U.K. CHART.
AND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS GO OUT TODAY TO PETER GABRIEL, WHO TURNS 74. HE’S A TWO-TIME INDUCTEE TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, AS A MEMBER OF GENESIS, AND AS A SOLO ARTIST.
