THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE...Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Released: May 17. 1973
Highest Chart Position: #70 U.S. Billboard album charts
Label: Mercury
Highlight track: Blue Collar (#68 Billboard Hot 100)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)
ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 17
Taj Mahal is 71; Bill Bruford formerly with Yes is 64; Paul Di'Anno formerly with Iron Maiden is 55; Page McConnell of Phish is 50; Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 48; Dave Abbruzzese formerly with Pearl Jam is 45; Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures is 40;
ON THIS DATE
1971 Ram by Paul McCartney is released
1980 Peter Criss leaves Kiss for the first time, but later rejoins in 1996
1987 Tom Petty's home in Los Angeles is destroyed by an arson fire causing $800,000 damage
1999 Producer Bruce Fairbairn dies. He produces acts such as Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Kiss, AC/DC, Scorpions, Van Halen...just to name a few
2005 Mesmerize by System Of A Down is released
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