AUGUST 7
TODAY IN 1990 JON BON JOVI RELEASES HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ‘BLAZE OF GLORY’. IT INCLUDES SONGS FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE MOVIE ‘YOUNG GUNS II’. THE TITLE TRACK SERVES AS THE THEME SONG FOR THE UPCOMING BILLY THE KID SEQUEL.
IN 1996 ZZ TOP’S ALBUM “ELIMINATOR” IS CERTIFIED DIAMOND WITH SALES OVER 10 MILLION. THREE SINGLES FROM THE LP HAD HIT THE BILLBOARD HOT 100, “GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN'”, “SHARP DRESSED MAN” AND “LEGS”.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BRUCE DICKINSON, IRON MAIDEN LEAD VOCALIST WHO WAS BORN IN 1958. HIS POWERFUL, OPERATIC VOICE CAN BE HEARD ON CLASSICS LIKE “RUN TO THE HILLS,” AND “THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST”.