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IN 1994, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS RELEASE THEIR SECOND ALBUM, ‘PURPLE’, WHICH GOES TO #1 THREE WEEKS LATER, AND SELLS OVER 6 MILLION COPIES ON THE STRENGTH OF THE TRACKS “BIG EMPTY,” “VASOLINE”, AND “INTERSTATE LOVE SONG.”
IN 1993 THE WHO’S PETE TOWNSHEND AND CHUCK BERRY ARE AMONG THOSE PRESENT FOR THE GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN CLEVELAND, SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE CITY WON THE RIGHT TO HOST THE BUILDING.
AND IN 1975, IN ITS FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE, ELTON JOHN’S ALBUM, “CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY” GOES STRAIGHT TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.S., WHERE IT STAYED FOR SIX WEEKS. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ANY ARTIST ACHIEVED THIS FEAT.