DECEMBER 8
ON THIS DAY IN 1976, THE EAGLES RELEASE THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘HOTEL CALIFORNIA’. INTRODUCING GUITARIST JOE WALSH TO THE LINEUP, THE ALBUM WENT ON TO SELL OVER 30 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COREY TAYLOR, BORN DECEMBER 8, 1973. BEST KNOWN AS THE LEAD VOCALIST FOR SLIPKNOT AND STONE SOUR, TAYLOR IS PRAISED FOR HIS VERSATILITY, FROM FEROCIOUS SCREAMING TO SOARING VOCALS.
ON DECEMBER 8, 1980, THE WORLD LOST JOHN LENNON. THE FORMER BEATLE, PEACE ACTIVIST, AND MUSIC ICON WAS FATALLY SHOT OUTSIDE THE DAKOTA APARTMENTS IN NEW YORK CITY. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, LENNON RELEASED HIS COMEBACK ALBUM ‘DOUBLE FANTASY’