JUNE 23
TODAY IN 1979, SUPERTRAMP’S ALBUM, ‘BREAKFAST IN AMERICA’ CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE U.S. ALBUM CHART ON THE STRENGTH OF THREE HIT SINGLES, “THE LOGICAL SONG”, “GOODBYE STRANGER”, AND “TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME”.
TODAY IN 1980 PINK FLOYD RELEASE “COMFORTABLY NUMB” FROM THEIR CONCEPT ALBUM, ‘THE WALL’. IT IS ONE OF PINK FLOYD’S MOST POPULAR SONGS, NOTABLE FOR ITS TWO GUITAR SOLOS AND RELEASED AS A SINGLE WITH “HEY YOU” AS THE B-SIDE”.
AND IN 2016, AFTER A TRIAL IN WHICH THE THREE LIVING MEMBERS OF LED ZEPPELIN TESTIFIED, A JURY RULED THAT THEY ARE NOT GUILTY OF PLAGIARIZING THE INTRO OF “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN” FROM THE 1968 ‘SPIRIT’ SONG “TAURUS”.