On This Date In Music

1983 - ZZ Top release their album Eliminator, which features Billy Gibbons' custom hot rod on the cover. Thanks to memorable videos and the contemporary sound using synthesizers for "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" featuring the car and various babes, the album sells like crazy. In 1996, it is certified Diamond, for sales of over 10 million in America.

1985 - Former Creedence Clearwater Revival front man John Fogerty went to No. 1 on the US album chart with his third solo studio album Centerfield. This was Fogerty's first album in nine years after he decided to take a long break from the music business because of legal battles with his record company.

2002 - The O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack, featuring a popular revival of the mountain ballad "Man of Constant Sorrow," takes bluegrass to No. 1 in America.