AUGUST 2
ON THIS DAY IN 1962, ROBERT ALLEN ZIMMERMAN OFFICIALLY CHANGED HIS NAME TO BOB DYLAN.
IN 1975 THE EAGLES SCORED THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE #1 SINGLE WITH “ONE OF THESE NIGHTS.” IT WAS PART OF A STREAK OF SIX CONSECUTIVE TOP FIVE HITS, FOUR OF WHICH WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.
AND DEF LEPPARD WAS AT THE TOP OF THE ALBUM CHARTS ON THIS DAY IN 1988 WITH “HYSTERIA.” IT GAVE THEM 4 TOP TEN SINGLES, INCLUDING “LOVE BITES” AND “POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME.”