DECEMBER 29
TODAY IN 1980 PAT BENATAR RELEASES “TREAT ME RIGHT” AS THE THIRD AND FINAL SINGLE FROM HER SECOND STUDIO ALBUM, ‘CRIMES OF PASSION’.
ALSO, IN 1980 FORMER TRAFFIC AND BLIND FAITH MEMBER STEVE WINWOOD RELEASES HIS SECOND STUDIO ALBUM ‘ARC OF A DIVER’ FEATURING HIS FIRST SOLO HIT, “WHILE YOU SEE A CHANCE”.
AND IN 2019 PINK FLOYD DRUMMER NICK MASON IS NAMED A COMMANDER OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE) FOR HIS SERVICES TO MUSIC OVER FIVE DECADES.