March 23
TODAY IN 1979 VAN HALEN II RELEASE THEIR SECOND STUDIO ALBUM ‘VAN HALEN II’. PEAKING AT NUMBER SIX ON THE U.S. BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM CHART IT FEATURED THE HIT SINGLES “DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY” AND “BEAUTIFUL GIRLS”.
ZZ TOP RELEASE THE ALBUM, “ELIMINATOR” TODAY IN 1983. IT BECOMES ZZ TOP’S MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM WITH OVER TEN MILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE U.S. AND MULTIPLE HIT SINGLES INCLUDING “GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN'”, “SHARP DRESSED MAN”, AND “LEGS”.
AND IN 1991 R.E.M. SCORED THEIR FIRST U.K. NO.1 ALBUM WITH THE ‘OUT OF TIME’ WHICH INCLUDED THE SINGLE “LOSING MY RELIGION”, WHICH BECAME R.E.M.’S HIGHEST-CHARTING HIT IN THE U.S., AND “SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE.” THE VIDEO FOR “LOSING MY RELIGION” WON TWO GRAMMY AWARDS AND SIX MTV AWARDS
