MAY 23
TODAY IN 1996 METALLICA’S VIDEO FOR “UNTIL IT SLEEPS” FROM THEIR SIXTH STUDIO LP, ‘LOAD’ DEBUTS, SHOWING THE BAND WITH SHORT HAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IN 1970 PAUL MCCARTNEY’S DEBUT SOLO ALBUM, “MCCARTNEY”, STARTED A THREE- WEEK RUN AT THE TOP OF THE U.S. BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART, WHILE THE BEATLES’ LP “LET IT BE” WAS #1 ON THE UK ALBUM CHART.
AND IN 1966, ‘THE DOORS’ BEGIN THEIR RUN AS THE HOUSE BAND AT ‘THE WHISKY A GO GO’, OPENING FOR EVERY GROUP TO PLAY THERE FOR THREE MONTHS. THEIR WHISKY RUN GETS THEM LOTS OF EXPOSURE AND EARNS THEM A RECORD CONTRACT.