NOVEMBER 21
ON THIS DAY IN 1975 QUEEN RELEASE THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’, NAMED AFTER THE MARX BROTHERS’ FILM OF THE SAME NAME. IT WAS REPORTEDLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE ALBUM EVER RECORDED AT THE TIME AND FEATURES THE CLASSICS “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY” AND “YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND”.
IN 1980 STEELY DAN RELEASES THEIR SEVENTH ALBUM ‘GAUCHO’. THEY USED AT LEAST 42 DIFFERENT MUSICIANS DURING RECORDING, INCLUDING RICK DERRINGER AND MARK KNOPFLER. THE LP INCLUDES THE SINGLES “HEY NINETEEN” AND “BABYLON SISTERS”.
BILLY IDOL HAS THE #1 SONG IN AMERICA IN 1987 WITH A LIVE COVER VERSION OF TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS HIT, “MONY MONY”