Rock N’ Roll Diary: February 10

Cheap Trick’s Live at Budokan album hit the stores on this day in 1979. They covered an old American song dating back to the previous century. Fats Domino took it to #10 in 1955 and Pat Boone made it a #1 hit that same year.  How high did Cheap Trick’s live version get?

Here’s the rest of the Rock N’ Roll Diary for February 10:

• 1942: The first gold record was awarded to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo.” To go Gold, singles must sell a million copies and albums must sell 500,000 copies.
• 1968: The Beatles announced that they would begin a new management and record company called Apple, as well as cut ties with their U.S. fan club, business office, and press agents.
• 1978: Van Halen’s first album hit the stores, and a year later Cheap Trick’s Live at Budokan album came out in America.
• 1987: Roger Waters dropped his lawsuit against his former band mates in Pink Floyd over the use of the group’s name. In return, he severed ties with their longtime manager and asked the judge to settle issues of royalties.
• 1990: Eric Clapton wrapped up an 18-show stand at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
• Digging through the ticket stash…J. Geils played a sold-out show at the Garden with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in 1979…And Warren Zevon performed an acoustic show at the Paradise in 1983.