On This Date In Music

1959 - Bobby Darin was at No. 2 on the singles chart with 'Dream Lover'.

 

1968 - Pink Floyd released their second album A Saucerful Of Secrets in the UK. It is both the last Pink Floyd album on which Syd Barrett would appear and the only studio album to which all five band members contributed.

 

1975 - The Eagles started a five-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart with their fourth studio album 'One Of These Nights'. The album which became their breakthrough album released three US Top 10 singles, 'Lyin' Eyes', (which won a Grammy), 'Take It To The Limit' and the title track.

 

1975 - Wings went to No. 1 on the UK chart with their fourth album 'Venus And Mars'. The follow up to Band On The Run featured the US No. 1 single 'Listen What The Man Said'.

 

1997 - The Pink Floyd album The Dark Side Of The Moon spent its 1056th week on the US album chart. It was rumored at the time that if the album was played while watching The Wizard of Oz movie, and started exactly when the MGM lion roared the third time during the movie's intro, very interesting connections could be made between the two.