SEPTEMBER 19
NEIL YOUNG RELEASES HIS THIRD STUDIO ALBUM ‘AFTER THE GOLD RUSH’ ON THIS DAY IN 1970 FEATURING THE TRACK “SOUTHERN MAN”. IT IS ONE OF FOUR HIGH-PROFILE SOLO ALBUM RELEASES BY THE MEMBERS OF CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG IN THE WAKE OF THEIR CHART TOPPING ALBUM ‘DÉJÀ VU’.
IN 1981 THE ROLLING STONES ALBUM “TATTOO YOU” STARTS A NINE-WEEK RUN AT #1 ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART ON THE STRENGTH OF THE SINGLE “START ME UP”. IT IS THE LAST #1 ALBUM FOR THE ROLLING STONES IN AMERICA.
AND IN 1988 BON JOVI RELEASE THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘NEW JERSEY’, YIELDING FIVE TOP 10 HITS INCLUDING “BAD MEDICINE”, “BORN TO BE MY BABY” AND “I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU”.