The number one album today in 1980 was Genesis’ “Duke”:

Today in 1985, more than 5,000 radio stations played this at 3:50 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time, which is 9:50 a.m. Central time (but Standard or Daylight?):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9BNoNFKCBI

Birthdays begin with Tony Williams of the Platters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r2pEdc1_lI

Peter Grant was the manager of Led Zeppelin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdrAdcxFB9c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mln0RciE2o0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kBX0K9nxPc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W6Tk-bPBfo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYq0MTvCGzA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7joxOe76vCE

Ronnie White of the Miracles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2E_RSJAhYU

Alan Clarke sang for the Hollies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZEoKqjfvkw

Dave Holland played the drums for Judas Priest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FP2al0VJEo

Agnetha Faltskog was one of the A’s in ABBA:

Stan Ridgeway of Wall of Voodoo:

Jacob Slichter played drums for Semisonic:

Mike McCready played guitar for Pearl Jam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS91knuzoOA

Paula Cole:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15SIu84TDSQ

An appalling number of deaths of note today: Bob “The Bear” Hite of Canned Heat in 1981 …

… Danny Rapp of Danny and the Juniors in 1983 …

… Kurt Cobain of Nirvana in 1994 …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpMt_YqVbhw

… drummer Cozy Powell in 1998 …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJYWhK3Pfek

… and Gene Pitney in 2006: