JANUARY 8
IN 1977 QUEEN WENT TO #1 ON THE U.K. ALBUM CHART WITH “A DAY AT THE RACES” FEATURING THE HIT SINGLE “SOMEBODY TO LOVE”. LIKE QUEEN’S PREVIOUS ALBUM, ‘A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’, BOTH TAKE THEIR NAMES FROM MARX BROTHERS FILMS.
ON THIS DAY IN 1997, DAVID BOWIE CELEBRATES HIS 50TH WITH A MASSIVE SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FEATURING GUESTS FROM FOO FIGHTERS TO LOU REED.
ALSO IN 1991, AXL ROSE, LEAD VOCALIST OF GUNS ‘N ROSES, TOPS A POLL IN THE ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE AS THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR FRONTMAN.