AUGUST 18
THE WHO RELEASED “WHO ARE YOU” ON THIS DAY IN 1978, THEIR EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM, AND THE LAST WITH ORIGINAL DRUMMER KEITH MOON.
TODAY IN 1977, THE POLICE MADE THEIR LIVE DEBUT AS A THREE-PIECE BAND WHEN THEY PLAYED A SMALL CLUB IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. THE POLICE ARE GENERALLY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE FIRST NEW WAVE GROUPS TO ACHIEVE MAINSTREAM SUCCESS.
IN 1986, BON JOVI RELEASED THEIR BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM, ‘SLIPPERY WHEN WET’ WHICH PEAKED AT NO.1 ON THE U.S. CHARTS AND FEATURED THE HITS “LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER,” “YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME,” AND “WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE”