MAY 19 |
TODAY IN 1972, ELTON JOHN RELEASES THE ALBUM ‘HONKY CHATEAU’, WHICH INCLUDES THE HIT SINGLE “ROCKET MAN (I THINK IT’S GONNA BE A LONG, LONG TIME)”.” IT BECOMES HIS FIRST #1 ALBUM IN AMERICA, STARTING A STRING OF SIX CONSECUTIVE CHART TOPPERS.
IN 1979 SUPERTRAMP WENT TO NO.1 ON THE U.S. ALBUM CHART WITH ‘BREAKFAST IN AMERICA’, THE GROUP’S ONLY U.S. NO.1, FEATURING THREE HIT SINGLES: “THE LOGICAL SONG”, “GOODBYE STRANGER” AND “TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME”.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PETE TOWNSHEND OF THE WHO. THE MAN WHO WROTE “I HOPE I DIE BEFORE I GET OLD” IS 78 TODAY.
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