DECEMBER 24
ON THIS NIGHT IN 1972, DAVID BOWIE CAPPED HIS BREAKOUT YEAR WITH A SOLD-OUT CHRISTMAS EVE SHOW AT LONDON’S RAINBOW THEATRE. IN FULL ZIGGY STARDUST MODE, BOWIE AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS DELIVERED A GLAM-PACKED PERFORMANCE.
TODAY IN 1988 POISON STARTED A THREE-WEEK RUN AT NO. 1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH “EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN.”
AND BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1945, THE LEGEND HIMSELF — LEMMY KILMISTER. THE MOTÖRHEAD FRONTMAN IS FAMOUS FOR HIS GRITTY VOICE AND THUNDERING BASS.