JANUARY 16
ON THIS DAY IN 1992 ERIC CLAPTON RECORDED HIS UNPLUGGED SESSION FOR MTV PLAYING A SET OF BLUES STANDARDS, CLASSIC HITS FROM HIS CAREER, AND NEW MATERIAL, INCLUDING AN ACOUSTIC VERSION OF “LAYLA” AND “TEARS IN HEAVEN.” THE ALBUM WINS SIX GRAMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING RECORD OF THE YEAR.
“GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU” BY GEORGE HARRISON REACHED NO. 1 ON THE U.S. BILLBOARD HOT 100 ON JANUARY 16, 1988.
AND TODAY IN 1982 ‘FOREIGNER’ STARTED A THREE-WEEK RUN AT NUMBER ONE ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART WITH THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘4’.