FEBRUARY 28
TODAY IN 1981 RUSH RELEASE THE SINGLE “LIMELIGHT” FROM THEIR EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘MOVING PICTURES’. IT REMAINS ONE OF RUSH’S MOST POPULAR SONGS AND IS ONE OF FIVE RUSH SONGS INDUCTED INTO THE CANADIAN SONGWRITERS’ HALL OF FAME IN 2010.
U2 RELEASE THEIR THIRD ALBUM, ‘WAR’ TODAY IN 1983, FEATURING THE CLASSIC SONGS “SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY” AND “NEW YEAR’S DAY.”
AND IN 1967 PINK FLOYD GET THEIR FIRST RECORD DEAL, SIGNING WITH EMI RECORDS. THIS MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREER.