MARCH 17
TODAY IN 1978 JIMMY BUFFET RELEASES HIS EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM, “SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR”. THE LP WOULD REACH #10 ON THE CHART AND FEATURES THE TRACKS “CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE” AND “LIVINGSTON SATURDAY NIGHT”.
IN 1984 VAN HALEN’S ALBUM “1984” RISES TO #2 ON THE BILLBOARD 200 ALBUMS CHART, HELD OUT OF THE TOP SPOT BY MICHAEL JACKSON’S “THRILLER”. MAYBE ‘1984’ WOULD HAVE HIT #1 IF EDDIE VAN HALEN HADN’T DONE THE GUITAR SOLO ON “BEAT IT.”
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CO-FOUNDER AND FRONTMAN OF THE ‘SMASHING PUMPKINS’, BILLY CORGAN, WHO TURNS 58 TODAY.