Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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OCTOBER 26 

ON THIS DAY IN 1979 PAT BENATAR RELEASES HER BREAKTHROUGH HIT “HEARTBREAKER”, THE SECOND SINGLE FROM HER DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM ‘IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT’.  

IN 1981 A SUPERSTAR COLLABORATION BETWEEN QUEEN’ AND DAVID BOWIE RELEASE THE SINGLE “UNDER PRESSURE”. IT IS LATER INCLUDED ON QUEEN’S 1982 ALBUM ‘HOT SPACE’.  

AND IN 2010, KEITH RICHARDS ISSUES HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ‘LIFE’. IT WAS WELL RECEIVED BY LITERARY CRITICS AND TOPPED THE NEW YORK TIMES’ NON-FICTION LIST IN THE FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE AND LATER RECEIVED THE NORMAN MAILER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY.