DECEMEBER 31
ON NEW YEARS EVE IN 1984, DEF LEPPARD’S DRUMMER RICK ALLEN IS INVOLVED IN A HORRIFIC CAR ACCIDENT, CRASHING HIS CORVETTE STINGRAY JUST OUTSIDE OF SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND. THE ACCIDENT TAKES HIS LEFT ARM AWAY BUT HE WOULD EVENTUALLY RETURN TO DRUMMING USING A NEW SPECIALLY DESIGNED ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT.
IN 1996 PAUL MCCARTNEY BECAME A SIR WHEN QUEEN ELIZABETH II ANNOUNCES HE WILL BE KNIGHTED AS PART OF THE QUEEN’S NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST FOR HIS SERVICES TO MUSIC.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A COUPLE OF ROCK AND ROLL OF FAME INDUCTEES – POLICE GUITARIST, ANDY SUMMERS TURNS 82 WHILE AEROSMITH BASSIST TOM HAMILTON TURNS 73 TODAY.