Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

North Central Florida Media Group

MARCH 21 |  

ON THIS DAY IN 1981, ALTHOUGH THEY HAD BEEN MAKING RECORDS FOR A DECADE, REO SPEEDWAGON ENJOYED THEIR FIRST TASTE OF SUCCESS WHEN “KEEP ON LOVING YOU” BECAME THE TOP TUNE IN THE US.  

TODAY IN 1987 U2 SCORED THEIR THIRD UK NO.1 ALBUM WITH THE JOSHUA TREE FEATURING THE SINGLES ‘WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME’, & ‘I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR’. THE ALBUM BECAME THE FASTEST SELLING IN UK HISTORY, THE FIRST ALBUM TO SELL OVER A MILLION CDS, AND ALSO A U.S. NO.1.  

AND BORN ON THIS DAY, ROGER HODGSON, FORMER GUITARIST, VOCALIST, AND KEYBOARDIST OF SUPERTRAMP WHO TURNS 73. 

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