JANUARY 26
TODAY IN 1973 ELTON JOHN ISSUES HIS SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘DON’T SHOOT ME, I’M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER’. IT FEATURES TWO OF HIS MOST POPULAR SONGS: THE ’50S FLASHBACK “CROCODILE ROCK”, HIS FIRST #1 HIT IN AMERICA, AND “DANIEL.”
VIRTUOSO GUITARIST EDDIE VAN HALEN, WHO PASSED AWAY OCTOBER OF 2020, WAS BORN TODAY IN 1955.
AND IN 1968, PINK FLOYD PERFORM WITHOUT SYD BARRETT FOR THE FIRST TIME, SIGNALING THEIR SHIFT TOWARD A MORE PROGRESSIVE SOUND.