MAY 19
IN 1986 FORMER GENESIS FRONTMAN PETER GABRIEL RELEASES HIS BREAKTHROUGH SOLO ALBUM “SO” WHICH INCLUDES THE HIT SINGLES “SLEDGEHAMMER”, “RED RAIN” AND “IN YOUR EYES”.
IN 1979 SUPERTRAMP WENT TO NO.1 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘BREAKFAST IN AMERICA’, THE GROUP’S ONLY U.S. NO.1, FEATURING THREE HIT SINGLES: “THE LOGICAL SONG”, “GOODBYE STRANGER” AND “TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME”.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PETE TOWNSHEND OF THE WHO. THE MAN WHO WROTE “I HOPE I DIE BEFORE I GET OLD” WAS BORN IN 1945