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5/13/1985 Dire Straits releases Brothers In Arms

 

One of the great Classic Rock albums of the 1980's dropped on this day in 1985 when Dire Straits released Brothers in Arms.The fifth studio album from the group topped the album sales charts for 14 weeks, became one of the top 10 albums in UK sales history and went platinum 9 times over in the US, with more than 30 millions copies world wide.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on May 13 include...

 

1947 Mott The Hoople's Overend Watts born. 
1950 Fleetwood Mac's Danny Kirwan born. 
1950 Stevie Wonder born.

1951 Roxy Music's Paul Thompson born.

1966 The Kinks record Sunny Afternoon.

1970 Beatles Let It Be has premier in New York City. 

1970 Badfinger records No Matter What.   

1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane in car crash near Golden Gate Bridge.     

1977 Ted Nugent releases Cat Scratch Fever.

1985 Bruce Springsteen marries Julianne Phillips.

2005 Stevie Wonder a father on his 55th birthday.   

2006 Cheap Trick performs in infield during Indianapolis 500 qualifying.   

2010 Bruce Springsteen, Sting and Elton John do Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ with Deborah Harry, Shirley Basey and Lady Gaga at rainforest preservation benefit at Carnegie Hall.

2012 Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn dies while on tour in Tokyo. 

2014 Black Keys release Turn Blue.

2017 Major Pink Floyd exhibit opens at Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

2017 Axl Rose joins Billy Joel on Highway To Hell and Big Shot at Dodger Stadium.

2018 Guess Who veteran Burton Cummings suffers multiple injuries in a Los Angeles car accident.

2022 Eddie Vedder invites teenage drummer and Pearl Jam fan Kai Neukermans to join them on the song Mind Your Manners during the group's Oakland Arena concert.

2022 Canadain rock trio Triumph's documentary Triumph: Rock and Roll Machine premieres on Nugs.net...