JANUARY 28
ON THIS DAY IN 1985 FORTY-SIX MAJOR AMERICAN RECORDING ARTISTS CAME TOGETHER AT A&M STUDIOS IN HOLLYWOOD, TO RECORD “WE ARE THE WORLD”. THE SONG TOPPED OVER 20 MUSIC CHARTS WORLDWIDE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT RAISED MILLIONS TO BATTLE FAMINE IN AFRICA.
TODAY IN 1978, VAN HALEN RELEASED THEIR FIRST SINGLE, A COVER OF THE KINKS’ ‘YOU REALLY GOT ME’. FOR THEIR 1978 SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM ‘VAN HALEN’. THIS SONG ULTIMATELY BECAME THE BAND’S BREAKTHROUGH HIT AS IT HAD DONE FOR THE KINKS 14 YEARS EARLIER