JUNE 21
TODAY IN 1986 GENESIS SCORED THEIR FOURTH UK NO.1 ALBUM WITH ‘INVISIBLE TOUCH’. IT IS THE MOST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL ALBUM OF THEIR CAREER, EVENTUALLY SELLING OVER 15 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE AND PRODUCING FIVE U.S. TOP 5 SINGLES, INCLUDING THE TITLE TRACK.
IN 1981 DONALD FAGAN AND WALTER BECKER ANNOUNCED THE END OF ‘STEELY DAN’. THEY’D TAKE A DOZEN YEARS OFF BEFORE REUNITING IN 1993.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SIR RAY DAVIES, LEAD VOCALIST, RHYTHM GUITARIST, SONGWRITER AND FOUNDER OF ‘THE KINKS’, WHO WAS BORN IN 1944