JANUARY 19
TODAY IN 1973 THE MOODY BLUES RELEASE THE SINGLE “I’M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND)” AS THE FINAL TRACK ON THEIR EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘SEVENTH SOJOURN’.
ON THIS DAY IN 1980, PINK FLOYD’S ‘THE WALL’ STARTS AN INCREDIBLE 15-WEEK RUN AT NO.1 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
AND TODAY MARKS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE LATE JANIS JOPLIN, BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1943, AND THE LATE ROBERT PALMER, BORN IN 1949.