MAY 20
ON THIS DAY IN 1983 THE POLICE RELEASE “EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE” FROM THEIR ALBUM ‘SYNCHRONICITY’. THE SINGLE WAS THE BIGGEST AMERICAN AND CANADIAN HIT OF 1983, TOPPING THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES CHART FOR EIGHT WEEKS.
IN 1988 VAN HALEN RELEASE THEIR EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘OU812’. IT IS THE SECOND ALBUM WITH VOCALIST SAMMY HAGAR AND FEATURES THE HITS “FINISH WHAT YA STARTED”, WHEN IT’S LOVE”, AND “FEELS SO GOOD”.
AND ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL VOICES IN ROCK, THE LATE JOE COCKER, WAS BORN TODAY IN 1944.