Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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MARCH 27 

TODAY IN 1984 GERMAN ROCKERS, THE SCORPIONS, RELEASE THEIR NINTH ALBUM ‘LOVE AT FIRST STING’, THE LP IS KNOWN FOR FEATURING “ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE”, “STILL LOVING YOU”, AND “BIG CITY NIGHTS”, THREE OF THE BAND’S MOST FAMOUS SONGS.  

VAN HALEN KICKED OFF THEIR 112-DATE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR TODAY IN 1986 IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. IT WAS THE BAND’S FIRST TOUR WITH SAMMY HAGAR ON LEAD VOCALS.  

AND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS GO OUT TODAY TO ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF GENESIS, KEYBOARDIST TONY BANKS, WHO’S BORN IN 1950.