On This Date In Music

1975 - Scottish group The Average White Band went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Pick Up The Pieces', the bands album AWB also went to No. 1 on the US chart.

1977 - The Eagles released 'Hotel California' the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name. Written by Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey its long guitar coda was voted the best guitar solo of all time by readers of Guitarist in 1998. The song was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978.

1983 - Styx release ‘Kilroy Was Here’, a concept album about a dystopian future where rock and roll is banned and technology has run amok.