MARCH 21
TODAY IN 1987 U2 TOPPED THE UK ALBUM CHARTS FOR A THIRD TIME WITH ’THE JOSHUA TREE’ FEATURING THE SINGLES ‘WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME’, & ‘I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR’. THE ALBUM REACHED NUMBER ONE IN OVER 20 COUNTRIES AND IS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING ALBUMS IN THE U.S. AND WORLDWIDE.
HE’D ALREADY WON SEVERAL GRAMMY AWARDS, BUT ON THIS DAY IN 1994, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN PICKED UP HIS FIRST OSCAR, FOR “STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA.” SPRINGSTEEN WOULD ALSO WIN A GRAMMY FOR THE SONG.
AND BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1950, ROGER HODGSON, FORMER GUITARIST, VOCALIST, AND KEYBOARDIST OF SUPERTRAMP