JULY 23
ROCKER BILLY SQUIRE EARNED HIS FIRST GOLD ALBUM ON THIS DAY IN 1981. THE AWARD WAS FOR HIS “DON’T SAY NO” LP. THE DISC EVENTUALLY WENT PLATINUM, AND CONTAINS THE ROCK CLASSICS, “THE STROKE,” IN THE DARK,” AND “MY KINDA LOVER.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAVID ESSEX. MR. “ROCK ON” WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1947.
RECORD RELEASES ON THIS DAY IN ROCK INCLUDE FOREIGNER’S “COLD AS ICE” IN 1977. AND IN 1983 THE POLICE WERE AT #1 ON THE SINGLES CHARTS WITH “EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE … THEY ALSO TOPPED THE ALBUM CHARTS WITH “SYNCHRONICITY.”