OCTOBER 2
TODAY IN 1981 THE POLICE RELEASE THEIR FOURTH ALBUM ‘GHOST IN THE MACHINE’, BREAKING THEIR TRADITION OF GIVING THEIR RECORDS FRENCH-SOUNDING TITLES. THE LP FEATURES THE HIT SINGLE “EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC”. IT IS ALSO FRONTMAN, SONGWRITER AND BASSIST STING’S BIRTHDAY, WHO’S TURNING 73 TODAY.
IN 1981 JOHN COUGAR IS #1 ON BOTH THE U.S. ALBUM AND SINGLES CHART WITH THE LP ‘AMERICAN FOOL’ AND THE SINGLE “JACK AND DIANE”.
SADLY IN 2017, JUST A WEEK AFTER COMPLETING HIS 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR WITH THE HEARTBREAKERS, TOM PETTY DIES AFTER GOING INTO CARDIAC ARREST AT HIS MALIBU HOME. HE WAS 66 YEARS OLD.