DECEMBER 21
ON THIS DAY IN 1940, FRANK ZAPPA WAS BORN IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. KNOWN FOR HIS FEARLESS EXPERIMENTATION, MASTERFUL GUITAR WORK, AND WICKED SATIRE, ZAPPA RELEASED OVER 60 ALBUMS.
ON DECEMBER 21, 1985, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S ALBUM BORN IN THE U.S.A. SURPASSED MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER FOR THE SECOND-LONGEST STAY EVER IN THE BILLBOARD TOP 10, LOGGING AN INCREDIBLE 79 WEEKS.
AND FINALLY IN 1991, A MONTH AFTER FREDDIE MERCURY’S DEATH QUEEN STARTED A 5-WEEK RUN ATOP OF THE U.K. SINGLES CHART WITH “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”. IN AMERICA, THE SONG GETS NEW LIFE THE NEXT YEAR WHEN IT IS USED IN THE MOVIE ‘WAYNE’S WORLD’.