MAY 18
TODAY IN 1996 SOUNDGARDEN PERFORM FOR THE FIRST, AND ONLY TIME, ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, PLAYING “PRETTY NOOSE” AND “BURDEN IN MY HAND.”
IN 1985, AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO BREAK THROUGH IN AMERICA, SIMPLE MINDS GO TO #1 WITH “DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME),” WHICH IS USED IN THE MOVIE ‘THE BREAKFAST CLUB’.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YES KEYBOARDIST RICK WAKEMAN. THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE WAS BORN IN 1949.