FEBRUARY 23
IN 1980 QUEEN START A 4-WEEK RUN AT THE TOP OF THE CHART WITH “CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE”, THEIR FIRST #1 SINGLE IN AMERICA. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY FREDDIE MERCURY AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS MUSICAL HEROES ELVIS PRESLEY AND CLIFF RICHARD.
THE 20TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS TOOK PLACE ON THIS DAY IN 1978. FLEETWOOD MAC WINS ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR ‘RUMOURS’ AND THE EAGLES’ “HOTEL CALIFORNIA” IS NAMED RECORD OF THE YEAR.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1976 AC/DC SHOOTS THE VIDEO CLIP FOR “IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP, (IF YOU WANNA ROCK ‘N’ ROLL)” FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC TELEVISION PROGRAM ‘COUNTDOWN’. IT FEATURES THE BAND’S THEN-CURRENT LINEUP TRAVELLING ON THE BACK OF A FLAT-BED TRUCK IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.