JANUARY 6
ON THIS DAY IN 1976 PETER FRAMPTON RELEASES HIS BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM ‘FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE!’. IT REACHED #1 FOR 10 NON-CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AND FEATURES THE HIT SINGLES “SHOW ME THE WAY”, “BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY”, AND “DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE DO”.
IN 1987 ERIC CLAPTON PLAYS A SIX-NIGHT ENGAGEMENT AT LONDON’S HISTORIC ROYAL ALBERT HALL. AS A REGULAR PERFORMER AT THE VENUE, HE HAS OVER 200 APPEARANCES TO DATE.
AND BORN TODAY IN 1953, THE LATE MALCOLM YOUNG, CO-FOUNDER AND RHYTHM GUITARIST OF AC/DC, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2017. AS A MEMBER OF AC/DC, HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2003.