OCTOBER 5
THE POLICE RELEASE THEIR SECOND STUDIO ALBUM ‘REGGATTA DE BLANC’ ON THIS DAY IN 1979. IT WAS THE BAND’S FIRST RELEASE TO TOP THE UK ALBUMS CHART AND FEATURES THEIR FIRST TWO UK NUMBER-ONE SINGLES: “MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE” AND “WALKING ON THE MOON”.
IN 1987 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN RELEASES HIS ALBUM ‘TUNNEL OF LOVE’. ALTHOUGH MEMBERS OF THE E STREET BAND OCCASIONALLY PERFORMED ON THE ALBUM, SPRINGSTEEN RECORDED MOST OF THE PARTS HIMSELF. THE TITLE TRACK WON BEST ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE, SOLO AT THE 1988 GRAMMY AWARDS.
YOU CAN CALL HIM WHATEVER YOU WANT — THE SPACE COWBOY, THE GANGSTER OF LOVE, OR EVEN MAURICE – ROCK HALL INDUCTEE STEVE MILLER TURNS 81 TODAY.