June 22
ON THIS DAY IN 1988 ROBERT PALMER RELEASES HIS NINTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HEAVY NOVA’ THE FOLLOW-UP TO HIS VERY SUCCESSFUL ALBUM ‘RIPTIDE’. IT FEATURED THE SINGLE “SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE” ALSO RELEASED TODAY, WHICH WINS A GRAMMY FOR BEST MALE ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE.
METALLICA STARTED A 4-WEEK RUN AT NO.1 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART WITH THEIR SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘LOAD’ IN 1996. THE LP TOPPED THE CHARTS IN OVER FIFTEEN COUNTRIES AND INCLUDED THE TRACKS “UNTIL IT SLEEPS”, “KING NOTHING” AND “HERO OF THE DAY”.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MUSICIAN, SINGER, SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER TODD RUNDGREN, WHO TURNS 76 TODAY.
