AUGUST 14
ON THIS DAY IN 1981 THE ROLLING STONES RELEASE “START ME UP” AS THE LEAD SINGLE FROM THEIR SIXTEENTH ALBUM ‘TATTOO YOU’. THE SONG GOES TO NUMBER TWO ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100.
TODAY IN 1995 FOO FIGHTERS MAKE THEIR NETWORK TELEVISION DEBUT ON THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN WHEN THEY PERFORM THEIR NEW SINGLE “THIS IS A CALL”.
AND TODAY WE REMEMBER DAVID CROSBY, OF CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG. THE SINGER, SONGWRITER, AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE BYRDS, BORN TODAY IN 1941.