MAY 13
TODAY IN 1989 BON JOVI WENT TO NO. 1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH “I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU,” THEIR FOURTH U.S. NO. 1.
ON THIS DAY IN 1985 DIRE STRAITS RELEASED THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘BROTHERS IN ARMS’ FEATURING THE HITS “SO FAR AWAY” “MONEY FOR NOTHING” AND “WALK OF LIFE”. IT IS CREDITED WITH BEING THE FIRST ALBUM IN HISTORY TO SELL OVER ONE MILLION COPIES IN CD FORMAT AND SPENT NINE WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE IN THE U.S.
AND IN 1969, LED ZEPPELIN BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR BRITISH ROCK GROUP TO APPEAR IN HAWAII, WHEN THEY APPEARED AT THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM, HONOLULU.