Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

North Central Florida Media Group,Wind-FM

APRIL 13 

TODAY IN 1974 PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WING’S THIRD ALBUM, ‘BAND ON THE RUN’ TOPPED THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART. IT WENT ON TO SELL OVER 6 MILLION COPIES WORLD-WIDE AIDED BY TWO HIT SINGLES, “JET” AND THE TITLE TRACK “BAND ON THE RUN”.  

IN 1999 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS RELEASE THEIR ALBUM ‘ECHO’ CONTAINING THE HIT SINGLE ”FREE GIRL NOW”.  

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO E STREET BAND DRUMMER, MAX WEINBERG, WHO WAS BORN IN 1951.