FEBRUARY 16
TODAY IN 1974, THE MEMBERS OF EMERSON, LAKE, AND PALMER WERE ARRESTED IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AFTER GETTING CAUGHT SWIMMING IN THE HOTEL POOL NAKED. THEY WERE EACH FINED $75.
ON THIS DAY IN 1985, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WENT TO NO.1 ON THE U.K. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘BORN IN THE USA’, HIS SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM. IT WAS THE BEST-SELLING ALBUM OF 1985 IN THE U.S. AND SPAWNED SEVEN TOP 10 SINGLES.
AND IN 1993 LYNYRD SKYNYRD RELEASE ‘THE LAST REBEL’, THE BAND’S SEVENTH ALBUM. IT IS THE LAST ALBUM TO FEATURE DRUMMER KURT CUSTER AND GUITARIST RANDALL HALL.