MARCH 17 |
TODAY IN 1984 VAN HALEN’S ALBUM “1984” RISES TO #2 ON THE BILLBOARD 200 ALBUMS CHART, HELD OUT OF THE TOP SPOT BY MICHAEL JACKSON’S “THRILLER”. MAYBE ‘1984’ WOULD HAVE HIT #1 IF EDDIE VAN HALEN HADN’T DONE THE GUITAR SOLO ON “BEAT IT.”
ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY IN 1978, U2 WON A LOCAL TALENT CONTEST IN DUBLIN, WHICH GOT THEM $850 AND A CHANCE TO AUDITION FOR CBS RECORDS IN IRELAND. TWO YEARS LATER, THEY SIGN WITH ISLANDS RECORDS AND ARE AMONG THE ALL-TIME BEST-SELLING ARTISTS, HAVING SOLD MORE THAN 150 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE.
AND THE LATE PAUL KANTNER, GUITARIST AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF JEFFERSON AIRPLANE AND JEFFERSON STARSHIP, WAS BORN TODAY IN 1941.
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