July 29
ON THIS DAY IN 1966 THE WORLD’S FIRST ROCK SUPERGROUP ‘CREAM’, CONSISTING OF ERIC CLAPTON, GINGER BAKER AND JACK BRUCE MADE THEIR LIVE DEBUT AT A SHOW IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. THEIR THIRD ALBUM, ‘WHEELS OF FIRE’, IS THE WORLD’S FIRST PLATINUM-SELLING DOUBLE ALBUM.
IN 1991 METALLICA RELEASE THE SINGLE “ENTER SANDMAN” FROM THEIR ‘BLACK ALBUM’ WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A COVER OF THE EARLY QUEEN CLASSIC “STONE COLD CRAZY” ON THE B-SIDE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RUSH VOCALIST, BASS PLAYER, AND KEYBOARDIST GEDDY LEE. HE TURNS 71 TODAY.