This Day in History: 2023-05-02
MAY 2nd
“The Beatles Second Album,” with “She Loves You” tops the U.S. album chart just two-weeks after its release. It makes it to #1 faster than any other album to date. 1964
Tool unveils “10,000 Days.” The group also launches a North American tour in support of the album. It debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 564,000 copies during its first week and goes on to be certified platinum. 2006
The Pretty Reckless have the #1 song the Mainstream Rock chart with “Take Me Down.” 2015
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Foreigner vocalist, Lou Gramm (Lou Grammatico), is born in Rochester, NY. 1950
Jeff Gutt (Stone Temple Pilots) is born in Marine City, MI. The singer joins STP in ’17. 1976