JULY 9
ON THIS DAY IN 1988 CHEAP TRICK WENT TO NO.1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH “THE FLAME”, THE GROUP’S ONLY U.S. NO.1.
TODAY IN 1983, THE POLICE STARTED AN EIGHT-WEEK RUN AT #1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH “EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE”. TAKEN FROM THE BAND’S ALBUM ‘SYNCHRONICITY’, STING WON SONG OF THE YEAR AND THE POLICE WON BEST POP PERFORMANCE FOR THE SONG AT THE 1984 GRAMMY AWARDS.
AND A TRIO OF ROCKERS WERE BORN TODAY: MITCH MITCHELL, DRUMMER FOR THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE IN 1947, ICONIC AC/DC FRONTMAN BON SCOTT, IN 1946 AND JIM KERR OF THE SIMPLE MINDS, WHO WAS BORN IN 1959.