JULY 21
ON THIS DAY IN 1990, 150,000 PEOPLE CAME TO THE BERLIN WALL TO CELEBRATE THE FALL OF THE IRON CURTAIN, AND TO WATCH AN ALL-STAR PERFORMANCE OF “THE WALL.” ARTISTS SUCH AS ROGER WATERS, SINEAD O’CONNER, PHIL COLLINS, AND CYNDI LAUPER WERE FEATURED IN THE EVENT.
RECORDS THAT MADE ROCK HISTORY ON THIS DATE INCLUDE THE RELEASE OF ROD STEWART’S FOURTH SOLO ALBUM, “NEVER A DULL MOMENT,” IN 1972. IT FEATURED THE HIT “YOU WEAR IT WELL.”
IN 1987, “APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION” THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM GUNS N ROSES WAS RELEASED.
AND TWO MUSIC NOTABLES FOR 1979: THE GENESIS ALBUM, “DUKE” WENT GOLD, AND ROBERT PALMER’S “BAD CASE OF LOVIN’ YOU” WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE.