JANUARY 9
ON THIS DAY IN 1984, ‘VAN HALEN’ RELEASE THEIR SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM, SIMPLY TITLED ‘1984’. IT IS THE LAST ALBUM TO FEATURE ALL FOUR ORIGINAL MEMBERS AND SOLD MORE THAN 10 MILLION COPIES AND FEATURES THE HITS “JUMP”, “PANAMA”, “HOT FOR TEACHER”, AND “I’LL WAIT”.
TODAY IN 1996 SEVEN MARY THREE RELEASE THEIR ONLY TOP-40 HIT “CUMBERSOME” FROM THEIR BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM, ‘AMERICAN STANDARD’.
AND FINALLY, FORMER SESSION MUSICIAN, YARDBIRDS MEMBER, LED ZEPPELIN CO-FOUNDER, GUITARIST, AND 2-TIME ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE, JIMMY PAGE, CELEBRATES HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY TODAY.