FEBRUARY 23 |
TODAY IN 1976, AC/DC SHOT THE VIDEO CLIP FOR “IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP, (IF YOU WANNA ROCK ‘N’ ROLL)” FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC TELEVISION PROGRAM ‘COUNTDOWN’. IT FEATURED THE BAND’S THEN-CURRENT LINEUP TRAVELLING ON THE BACK OF A FLAT-BED TRUCK IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.
THE 20TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS TOOK PLACE ON THIS DAY IN 1978. FLEETWOOD MAC WON “ALBUM OF THE YEAR” FOR “RUMOURS,” AND THE EAGLES’ “HOTEL CALIFORNIA” WAS NAMED “RECORD OF THE YEAR.”
AND IN 1980 QUEEN HAD BILLBOARD’S TOP TUNE WITH “CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE”, A SONG THAT FREDDIE MERCURY LATER REVEALED CAME TO HIM WHILE HE WAS TAKING A BATH.
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