August 31, 201511 yr Author On this day in..... 1985 - 'Brothers In Arms' by Dire Straits started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album charts. The album also topped the charts in 25 other countries and went on to sell over 20 million worldwide. 1987 - The largest pre-order of albums in the history of CBS Records occurred as 2.25 million copies of Michael Jackson's ‘Bad’ album were shipped to record stores in the US. The LP followed the Jackson album, ‘Thriller’, the biggest Jackson-seller of all time (over 35 million copies sold). ‘Bad’ went on to sell over 13 million copies. 1990 - Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder sang 'Amazing Grace' at a memorial service held for guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan who had been killed in a helicopter crash 4 days earlier. 1991 - Metallica started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with, 'Metallica'. The album featured ‘Enter Sandman’ ‘Sad But True’, ‘The Unforgiven’ and ‘Nothing Else Matters’ went on to sell over 10 million copies in the US alone. [video=youtube;CD-E-LDc384] BIRTHDAYS 1945 - Van Morrison, (singer, songwriter). 1945 - Bob Welch, (singer, songwriter) 70's hits "Ebony Eyes" & "Sentimental Lady". Welch committed suicide in his Nashville home on June 7th, 2012. 1948 - Rudolf Schenker, (guitarist) Scorpions. 1970 - Debbie Gibson, (singer).
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