MARCH 23
TODAY IN 1979 VAN HALEN II RELEASE THEIR SECOND STUDIO ALBUM ‘VAN HALEN II’. PEAKING AT NUMBER SIX ON THE U.S. BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM CHART IT FEATURED THE HIT SINGLES “DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY” AND “BEAUTIFUL GIRLS”.
ZZ TOP RELEASE THE ALBUM, “ELIMINATOR” TODAY IN 1983. IT BECOMES ZZ TOP’S MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM WITH OVER TEN MILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE U.S. AND MULTIPLE HIT SINGLES INCLUDING “GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN'”, “SHARP DRESSED MAN”, AND “LEGS”.
AND A BITTERSWEET HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FORMER LEADER OF THE CARS, RIC OCASEK, BORN TODAY IN 1949. SADLY HE PASSED AWAY IN 2019.