The Police had a request today in 1980:

That same day, David Bowie’s “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)” was Britain’s number one album:

Birthdays start with Randy Bachman of the Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive:

Who is Marvin Aday? Meat Loaf, or Mr. Loaf to you:

Greg Ham played, yes, flute for Men at Work:

Mark Calderon of Color Me Badd:

Avril Lavigne, the youngest female singer to reach number one:

Two deaths of note today: Jimmy McCullough, formerly of Paul McCartney and Wings, in 1979 …

… and Cliff Burton of Metallica, who died in a bus crash today in 1986:

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