January 20, 2022: The Grammy Award-winning singer and actor, Meat Loaf died at age 74.
Meat Loaf made his film debut with a memorable role in the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
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In 1977, he and lyricist Jim Steinman released an operatic rock album, Bat Out Of Hell. The record was huge, has sold 50,000,000 copies worldwide, and is tied with AC/DC for the 2nd best-selling record of all time.
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January 20, 1958: Seventeen-year-old Ricky Nelson became the first person under 18 to top the US album chart with his debut self-titled record.
From age eight, Ricky Nelson starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1957, he began a long and successful career as a famous recording artist. The expression "teen idol" was first coined to describe Nelson.
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January 20, 1964: The album "Meet the Beatles" was released in the US on Capitol Records.
Largely comprised of material released on their second U.K. LP, With the Beatles, "Meet the Beatles" contains nine of that album's 14 songs.
They added three of the Beatles best early songs: their American breakthrough single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and its U.K. B-side ballad "This Boy," plus "I Saw Her Standing There" from their U.K. debut Please Please Me.
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January 20, 1975: Bob Dylan released Blood on the Tracks, featuring "Tangled Up In Blue" and "Idiot Wind."
January 20, 1983: Def Leppard released their third studio album, Pyromania.
More than ever before, Def Leppard's songs on Pyromania are driven by catchy, shiny melodic hooks instead of heavy guitar riffs, although the latter do pop up once in a while. This focus on melody, consistent songwriting, and heavy MTV exposure made Pyromania successful.
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