NOVEMBER 12
TODAY IN 1971 YES RELEASE THEIR FOURTH ALBUM “FRAGILE”, THE FIRST WITH KEYBOARD PLAYER RICK WAKEMAN. IT FEATURES THE CLASSIC TRACKS “ROUNDABOUT” AND “LONG DISTANCE RUNAROUND.”
IN 1988 IRISH ROCKERS U2 HIT #1 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHARTS WITH THEIR HYBRID LIVE/STUDIO LP ‘RATTLE AND HUM’ WHICH GOES ON TO SELL OVER 14 MILLION COPIES AND FEATURES THE HIT SINGLE “DESIRE”.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER NEIL YOUNG; FAMOUS FOR HIS MANY SOLO ALBUMS, FOR HIS TIME IN BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AS WELL AS CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, AND YOUNG – BORN IN TORONTO 79 YEARS AGO TODAY.