AUGUST 31
IN 1985 DIRE STRAITS HIT THE TOP OF THE ALBUM CHARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH “BROTHERS IN ARMS,” FEATURING THE #1 HIT “MONEY FOR NOTHING.”
IN 1991, METALLICA’S SELF-TITLED FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS ‘THE BLACK ALBUM’ BEGINS A FOUR-WEEK RUN AT THE TOP OF THE CHART. THE LP FEATURES “ENTER SANDMAN”, “SAD BUT TRUE”, “THE UNFORGIVEN” AND “NOTHING ELSE MATTERS”.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SIR GEORGE IVAN MORRISON, AKA VAN MORRISON. THE SINGER AND SONGWRITER OF “MOONDANCE,” “WILD NIGHT,” “BROWN EYED GIRL,” AND MORE WAS BORN TODAY IN 1945.