Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

North Central Florida Media Group

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ON THIS DAY IN 1987, U2’S ALBUM “THE JOSHUA TREE” ENTERED THE CHART AT #7, MAKING IT THE HIGHEST NEW ENTRY ON THE AMERICAN CHARTS IN SEVEN YEARS. IT WOULD GO ON TO HIT #1 IN OVER 20 COUNTRIES.  

TODAY IN 1970, CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG WENT TO NUMBER ONE ON THE UK ALBUM CHART WITH THE ALBUM ‘DÉJÀ VU’. A FEW MONTHS LATER IT WOULD HIT #1 IN AMERICA. IT WAS THE FIRST ALBUM WITH NEIL YOUNG JOINING CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH AND FEATURED THREE US TOP 40 SINGLES: ‘TEACH YOUR CHILDREN’, ‘OUR HOUSE’ AND ‘WOODSTOCK’.  

TODAY IN 1981, STYX REACHED NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART WITH THEIR CONCEPT ALBUM ‘PARADISE THEATER’ WHICH INCLUDED THE HIT SINGLE “TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS” 

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