APRIL 15
ON THIS DAY IN 1974 LYNYRD SKYNYRD RELEASE THEIR SECOND STUDIO ALBUM, ‘SECOND HELPING’, WHICH FEATURES THE BAND’S BIGGEST HIT SINGLE, “SWEET HOME ALABAMA” ALONG WITH THE JJ CALE WRITTEN TUNE “CALL ME THE BREEZE”
ALSO IN 1974, THE DUTCH ROCK BAND GOLDEN EARRING RELEASE THEIR CLASSIC TRACK “RADAR LOVE” FROM THEIR NINTH ALBUM ‘MOONTAN’.
AND IN 1989 ROY ORBISON HAD HIS FINAL TOP 10 SINGLE ON THE U.S. CHART WITH “YOU GOT IT”, FOUR MONTHS AFTER HE PASSED AWAY. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY JEFF LYNNE AND TOM PETTY AND APPEARS ON ORBISON’S ‘MYSTERY GIRL’ ALBUM.