MAY 30
ON THIS DAY IN 1968, THE BEATLES BEGAN RECORDING WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS ‘THE WHITE ALBUM’. THE DOUBLE-LP’S OFFICIAL TITLE WAS SIMPLY ‘THE BEATLES’.
PETER GABRIEL RELEASED HIS THIRD SELF-TITLED SOLO STUDIO ALBUM IN 1980, CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE HIS ARTISTIC BREAKTHROUGH AS A SOLO ARTIST. IT FEATURED THE HIT “GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS”.
AND IN 1992 THE BLACK CROWES DEBUTED AT #1 ON THE ALBUM CHART WITH THEIR SECOND STUDIO ALBUM ‘THE SOUTHERN HARMONY AND MUSICAL COMPANION’. THE ALBUM FEATURES FOUR HIT SINGLES; “REMEDY”, “THORN IN MY PRIDE”, “STING ME” AND “HOTEL ILLNESS”.