AUGUST 11
TODAY IN 1975, AEROSMITH EARNS A GOLD RECORD FOR THEIR ALBUM, “TOYS IN THE ATTIC.” IT’S GONE ON TO SELL OVER 9 MILLION COPIES.
IN 1999 ALL FOUR ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF KISS APPEARED IN LOS ANGELES TO UNVEIL THEIR STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. THE BAND HAD RELEASED OVER 30 ALBUMS AND SOLD OVER 80 MILLION RECORDS WORLD-WIDE.
AND TODAY IN 1979, THE KNACK STARTED A FIVE-WEEK RUN AT NO. 1 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘GET THE KNACK’, WHICH INCLUDED THE HIT SINGLE, “MY SHARONA.”