Today in Rock (March 2 & 3)
March 2:
- 1950 - Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters) was born.
- 1962 - Jon Bon Jovi was born.
- 1983 - The compact disc (CD) was launched.
- 1984 - This is Spinal Tap (movie) was released
- 1973 - Slade’s Cum on Feel the Noize hits #1
- 1984 - Nena’s 99 Red Balloons hits #1
- 1984 - Queen releases Radio Ga-Ga, their last Top Forty hit in the U.S. until Bohemian Rhapsody’s renaissance in 1992. The lead-off single from The Works, Queen’s 12th studio album, hits #16 in the U.S. and #2 in the U.K.
In honor of the “Greatest rock & roll band that never existed:
March 3:
