OCTOBER 30
ON THIS DAY IN 1984 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN RELEASES THE TITLE TRACK FROM HIS SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM “BORN IN THE U.S.A.”. IT IS ONE OF SPRINGSTEEN’S BEST-KNOWN SONGS, AND THE THIRD OF A RECORD-TYING SEVEN TOP 10 HIT SINGLES RELEASED FROM THE ALBUM.
IN 1988, BON JOVI KICK OFF A 232-DATE WORLD TOUR IN DUBLIN, IRELAND. THE BAND’S ‘NEW JERSEY SYNDICATE TOUR’ RAN UNTIL 1991.
AND HAPPY 77TH BIRTHDAY TO TIMOTHY B. SCHMIDT, BASSIST AND VOCALIST FOR POCO AND THE EAGLES, HAVING REPLACED RANDY MEISNER IN BOTH CASES.