Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for December 21st

Today there's some long-lasting LP action on the chart, and we'll remember one of the coolest and most influential American bluesmen to ever pick up a guitar..

12/21/1968 (47 years ago today) - Glen Campbell topped the Billboard album chart with "Wichita Lineman". Slightly weird factoid: although the album was an enormous success -- it stayed on the chart for 46 weeks! -- it would turn out to be Glen's only No. 1 album. Killer title track...

12/21/1985 (30 years ago today) - Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The U.S.A." surpasses Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to become the second-longest-lasting LP on the Billboard U.S. Top Ten, where it remained for 79 weeks! Only one album stayed in the Top Ten longer: "The Sound Of Music" (1965) with Julie Andrews wins with a total of 109 weeks!

12/21/1992 (23 years ago today) - One of the "Three Kings Of The Blues" (the other two being B.B. King and Freddie King), the truly legendary guitarist-singer-songwriter Albert King passed away from a heart attack in Memphis, Tennessee. Perhaps best known for his 1957 signature tune "Born Under A Bad Sign" (famously covered by Eric Clapton and Cream), Albert unquestionably left behind one of the most dynamic and inspiring catalogs in all of American music: "Pride And Joy", "Stormy Monday", "I'll Play The Blues For You", "Crosscut Saw", "Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'", "The Sky Is Crying", "Get Out Of My Life Woman"...do yourself a tremendous favor and pick up an Albert King anthology, he's the real deal, kiddies.

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"You know wine and women is all I crave...", xoxo!