MAY 19
TODAY IN 1972 ELTON JOHN RELEASES THE ALBUM ‘HONKY CHATEAU’, WHICH INCLUDES THE HIT SINGLE “ROCKET MAN (I THINK IT’S GONNA BE A LONG, LONG TIME)”.” IT BECOMES HIS FIRST #1 ALBUM IN AMERICA, STARTING A STRING OF SIX CONSECUTIVE CHART TOPPERS.
IN 1975 AEROSMITH RELEASE THE ICONIC CLASSIC TRACK “SWEET EMOTION” FROM THEIR THIRD STUDIO ALBUM ‘TOYS IN THE ATTIC’.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PETE TOWNSHEND OF THE WHO. THE MAN WHO WROTE “I HOPE I DIE BEFORE I GET OLD” IS 80 TODAY.