JANUARY 22
ON THIS DAY IN 1977, WINGS HAS THE #1 ALBUM IN AMERICA WITH ‘WINGS OVER AMERICA’, PAUL MCCARTNEY’S SIXTH U.S. CHART TOPPER AFTER THE BEATLES.
IN 2005 GREEN DAY START A TWO-WEEK RUN AT #1 WITH THEIR SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘AMERICAN IDIOT’. THE ALBUM SPAWNED SEVERAL HITS INCLUDING THE TITLE TRACK, “HOLIDAY”, “WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS”, AND THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR RECORD OF THE YEAR “BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS”.
AND HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY TO FORMER JOURNEY LEAD SINGER AND ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER STEVE PERRY.