MAY 16
IN 1987 U2’S BREAKTHROUGH SINGLE “WITH OR WITHOUT YOU,” FROM ‘THE JOSHUA TREE’ ALBUM HIT #1 IN AMERICA. THEIR NEXT SINGLE, “I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR,” ALSO HIT THE TOP SPOT.
TODAY IN 1970 CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG LAND THEIR FIRST U.S. #1 ALBUM WHEN ‘DÉJÀ VU’ HITS THE TOP SPOT. TRACKS INCLUDE “TEACH YOUR CHILDREN,” “OUR HOUSE” AND “WOODSTOCK,” A SONG WRITTEN BY JONI MITCHELL ABOUT THE FAMOUS FESTIVAL.
AND FINALLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BASSIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF NIRVANA, ROCK HALL OF FAMER KRIST NOVOSELIC WHO WAS BORN IN 1965.