OCTOBER 29
TODAY IN 1982 PAT BENATAR RELEASES HER FOURTH ALBUM ‘GET NERVOUS’ FEATURING THE HIT SINGLE “SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT” WHICH GARNERED BENATAR HER THIRD GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE.
TODAY IN 2009 THE FIRST NIGHT OF A TWO-DAY CONCERT SERIES IS HELD AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WITH PERFORMANCES BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, METALLICA, U2, CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH, AND OTHERS.
AND SADLY, ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND FOUNDER AND VIRTUOSO GUITARIST DUANE ALLMAN WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN MACON, GEORGIA, ON THIS DAY IN 1971, JUST THREE WEEKS SHY OF HIS 25TH BIRTHDAY