FEB 25
ON THIS DAY IN 1984, SERVING AS THE LEAD SINGLE OFF THEIR SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘1984’, VAN HALEN STARTED A FIVE-WEEK RUN AT NUMBER ONE ON THE SINGLES CHART WITH “JUMP”. IT WENT ON TO BECOME THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL HIT AND NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY.
KEEPING IT ALL IN THE FAMILY; AT THE 1998 GRAMMY AWARDS BOB DYLAN IS HANDED THREE GRAMMYS WHILE HIS SON, JAKOB, ALSO WON AN AWARD, WINNING BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE FOR “ONE HEADLIGHT”, A TUNE HE RECORDED WITH HIS BAND ‘THE WALLFLOWERS’.
FINALLY, GEORGE HARRISON GUITARIST AND VOCALIST WITH ‘THE BEATLES’ WAS BORN TODAY IN 1943. AS A SOLO ARTIST HE HAD THE 1971 U.S. NO.1 ALBUM ‘ALL THINGS MUST PASS’ AND THE 1970 WORLDWIDE NO.1 SINGLE ‘MY SWEET LORD’. SADLY, HARRISON DIED IN 2001 AT AGE 58.
