Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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MARCH 27 

TODAY IN 1981 OZZY OSBOURNE RELEASES HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM “BLIZZARD OF OZZ” FEATURING THE HIT “CRAZY TRAIN”. THE ALBUM WAS OSBOURNE’S FIRST RELEASE FOLLOWING HIS DEPARTURE FROM BLACK SABBATH AND IS THE FIRST WITH GUITARIST RANDY RHOADS.  

BRYAN ADAMS WENT INTO A STUDIO IN VANCOUVER TODAY IN 1984 TO RECORD THE SINGLE “RUN TO YOU” FOR HIS FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘RECKLESS’. IT IS THE FIRST SINGLE RELEASED FROM THE ALBUM AND WAS NOMINATED FOR THE 1985 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS IN FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.  

IN 1987 U2 PLAY A ROOFTOP CONCERT TO FILM THEIR VIDEO FOR “WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME.” THIS GUERRILLA-STYLE VIDEO WAS FILMED ON THE ROOFTOP OF A LIQUOR STORE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.