MARCH 2
U2 WIN THEIR FIRST GRAMMY AWARDS, TAKING ‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR’ AND ‘BEST PERFORMANCE BY ROCK DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL’ FOR ‘THE JOSHUA TREE’ AT THE 1988 GRAMMY AWARDS. ALSO WINNING THAT YEAR WAS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS SONG “TUNNEL OF LOVE”.
TODAY IN 1992 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS RELEASE THE SINGLE “UNDER THE BRIDGE”, FROM THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK’. THE SONG IS THE BAND’S HIGHEST-CHARTING SONG, PEAKING AT NUMBER TWO ON THE SINGLES CHART AND CERTIFIED 6X PLATINUM.
AND IN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER JON BON JOVI TURNS 63 TODAY