APRIL 2
ON THIS DAY IN 1977 FLEETWOOD MAC’S “RUMOURS” WAS #1 ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART – THE SECOND ALBUM WITH STEVIE NICKS AND LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM. IT HELD THE TOP SPOT FOR A TOTAL OF 29 NON-CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN 1977.
TODAY IN 1983, PINK FLOYD’S ALBUM, “THE FINAL CUT” WAS RELEASED IN THE U.S. IT WAS THEIR LAST WITH FOUNDING BASSIST AND SONGWRITER ROGER WATERS.
AND TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BIRTHDAY OF LEON WILKESON, BASSIST FOR LYNYRD SKYNYRD, WHO WAS BORN IN 1952