Historic events this week from Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses, Bob Dylan, Peter Frampton, Bob Seger and Fleetwood Mac.
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APRIL 8, 1975: AEROSMITH’S TOYS IN THE ATTIC
Aerosmith’s third album, Toys in the Attic, may not be their highest-charting album, but it remains their biggest.
The 9x Platinum album contains the multi-Platinum singles “Walk This Way” and “Sweet Emotion”.
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APRIL 8, 2016: GUNS N’ ROSES REUNION TOUR BEGINS
After a warm-up gig at The Troubadour in West Hollywood for a sold out crowd of only 500 (!), …the Not In This Lifetime…Tour finally got underway with two shows in Las Vegas.
However, at the Troubadour show, Axl Rose fell and broke his foot.
He had to resort to singing from Dave Grohl’s “rock throne.”
The very one Grohl used in 2015 when he broke his leg.
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APRIL 9, 2020: DYLAN’S FIRST US #1 SINGLE
Remarkably, Bob Dylan has never had a #1 single in the US until 2020.
Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”, a 17-minute epic about JFK’s assassination, was released on 3/27/20.
The song went to #1 on Billboard’s Rock Digital Song Sales chart with over 10,000 sold in its first week.
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APRIL 10, 1976: FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! IS #1
Two days after being certified Platinum, Frampton Comes Alive! was #1 on the charts.
The live album would spend 10 non-consecutive weeks at #1.
The only album to spend more time at #1 in 1976 was Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life.
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APRIL 12, 1976: BOB SEGER RELEASES LIVE BULLET
For years, Bob Seger and his live show were scarcely known outside of Detroit.
The incendiary performances on Live Bullet, which featured “Travelin’ Man/Beautiful Loser”, “Turn the Page” and “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man”, finally made Bob Seger a household name.
Live Bullet would pave the way for the multi-Platinum success of Night Moves, which was released 6 months later.
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APRIL 13, 1987: FLEETWOOD MAC’S TANGO IN THE NIGHT
Fleetwood Mac’s Tango in the Night was originally conceived as Lindsey Buckingham’s third solo album.
The 3x Platinum album featured the #1 singles “Little Lies” and “Everywhere”; the latter going double Platinum on its own.
It’s the band’s last to feature the classic lineup of John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
