MARCH 9
AT THE 10TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS IN 1968 THE BEATLES’ ‘SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND’ IS NAMED ALBUM OF THE YEAR, BEST CONTEMPORARY ALBUM, BEST ENGINEERED RECORD AND BEST ALBUM COVER, GRAPHIC ARTS.
IN 1976 THE QUEEN ALBUM, ‘A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’, IS CERTIFIED GOLD. AT THE TIME, IT WAS REPORTED TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE ALBUM EVER PRODUCED AND FEATURED THE ICONIC TRACK “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”.
ON THIS DAY IN 1987, U2 RELEASE THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘THE JOSHUA TREE’ WHICH TOPPED THE CHARTS IN OVER 20 COUNTRIES AND BECAME U2’S FIRST U.S. NO.1 ALBUM. IT WOULD GO ON TO WIN MULTIPLE GRAMMY AWARDS INCLUDING ALBUM OF THE YEAR.