FEBRUARY 15
TODAY IN 1964, TWO BEATLES CLASSICS TOPPED THE U.S. CHARTS: “I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND” AT NO. 1 ON THE HOT 100 AND MEET THE BEATLES! BEGINNING ITS FIRST OF 11 WEEKS AT NO. 1 ON THE ALBUM CHART.
IN 1975, RUSH RELEASE ‘FLY BY NIGHT’, THEIR SECOND ALBUM AND THE FIRST WITH NEW DRUMMER AND LYRICIST NEIL PEART WHOSE INFLUENCE MOVES THE BAND CLOSER TO THE PROGRESSIVE STYLING THAT EVENTUALLY MAKES RUSH A LEGEND OF THE GENRE.
AND IN 1974 DEEP PURPLE RELEASE ‘BURN’, THEIR FIRST ALBUM TO FEATURE THEN-UNKNOWN DAVID COVERDALE ON VOCALS AND GLENN HUGHES ON BASS AND VOCALS. IT WENT ON TO BE A NUMBER ONE ALBUM IN FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND A TOP 10 ALBUM IN THE U.S.