DECEMBER 23
TODAY IN 1968 IS AN IMPORTANT DATE FOR LED ZEPPELIN, AS THEY LEAVE BRITAIN FOR THEIR FIRST AMERICAN TOUR. THEIR MANAGER HAD TO CONVINCE THE BAND TO LEAVE THEIR WARM HOMES AT CHRISTMAS. VOCALIST ROBERT PLANT EXPLAINED “I WAS 20 YEARS OLD, AND CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE ENGLISH IS THE END OF THE WORLD.”
ON DECEMBER 23, 1989, PHIL COLLINS SCORED HIS SEVENTH AND FINAL U.S. NUMBER ONE SINGLE WITH “ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE.” THE SONG ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS AND WON THE GRAMMY FOR RECORD OF THE YEAR.
ON THIS DAY IN 1972, BOB SEGER RELEASED HIS FIFTH ALBUM, BACK IN ’72. THOUGH INITIALLY OVERLOOKED, IT INTRODUCED “TURN THE PAGE,” LATER IMMORTALIZED ON HIS LIVE BULLET ALBUM.