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IN 1973, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD BEGAN RECORDING THEIR ALBUM ‘WE’RE AN AMERICAN BAND’ WITH THE TITLE TRACK BECOMING THEIR FIRST U.S. NUMBER ONE SINGLE. THEY’D FINISH IT IN ONLY FOUR DAYS WITH PRODUCER TODD RUNDGREN.
THE CARS RELEASE THE SINGLE “LET’S GO” FROM THE BAND’S SECOND STUDIO ALBUM, ‘CANDY-O’ IN 1979.
AND, TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS INCLUDE THE LATE BRAD DELP, FOUNDING VOCALIST FOR BOSTON BORN IN 1951, AND CHEAP TRICK DRUMMER BUN E CARLOS, WHO’S TURNING 75