MAY 31
TODAY IN 1973 STEELY DAN RECEIVE THEIR FIRST GOLD RECORD FOR THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘CAN’T BUY A THRILL’ FEATURING THE HITS “DO IT AGAIN” “DIRTY WORK” AND “REELIN’ IN THE YEARS”.
ATHENS BASED R.E.M. SIGN A FIVE-ALBUM DEAL WITH I.R.S. RECORDS IN 1982 WITH THE BAND’S FORTHCOMING DEBUT EP, ‘CHRONIC TOWN’ SET TO BE RELEASED IN AUGUST.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LATE THUNDEROUS LED ZEPPELIN DRUMMER JOHN BONHAM WHO WAS BORN TODAY IN 1948.