FEBRUARY 11
IN 1972 LED ZEPPELIN SCORE THEIR THIRD TOP 20 HIT SINGLE IN AMERICA WITH “BLACK DOG”, PEAKING AT NO.15. THE SONG’S TITLE IS A REFERENCE TO A NAMELESS BLACK LABRADOR RETRIEVER THAT WANDERED AROUND THE STUDIOS DURING RECORDING.
TODAY IN 1983 THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA GRANTS BOB SEGER HIS SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE PLATINUM AWARD FOR THE ALBUM, ‘THE DISTANCE’ FEATURING THE HITS “EVEN NOW” AND “ROLL ME AWAY”.
THE NUMBER ONE ALBUM IN AMERICA TODAY IN 1989 WAS THE GUNS N’ ROSES ALBUM ‘APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION’ CONTAINING THE MEGA ROCK HITS “WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE”, “PARADISE CITY” AND “SWEET CHILD O’ MINE”.