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THE DEFINITIVE BIRTHDAY CALENDAR OF MAJOR RECORD RELEASES IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND POP MUSIC 🎵

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Happy 24th birthday to #blur, the 5th studio album by @blurofficial, released #onthisday in 1997.

#DidYouKnow that the album marked a major swift in the band's sound? Instead of the catchy Britpop tunes on previous studio albums 'blur' contains lo-fi, alternative and indie rock.

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Happy 30th birthday to #Innuendo, the 14th studio album by @QueenWillRock, released #onthisday in 1991.

#DidYouKnow that the album cover is inspired by the illustrations of the French 19th century caricaturist J.J. Grandville? #Queen

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Happy 24th birthday to #Earthling, the 20th studio album by @DavidBowieReal, released #onthisday in 1997.

#DidYouKnow that the Union Jack-based coat #DavidBowie is wearing on the album cover was designed by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen? #Bowie #Bowieforever 👨‍🎤 🇬🇧

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Happy 3rd birthday to #WhoBuiltTheMoon, the 3rd studio album by #NoelGallaghersHighFlyingBirds, released #onthisday in 2017.

#DidYouKnow that 'Dead In The Water', a live take and bonus track on the album, has become one of the band's signature tunes since its release?

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Happy 29th birthday to #AchtungBaby, the 7th studio album by @U2, released #onthisday in 1991.

#DidYouKnow that the spirit of the album was conceived and inspired by the recent unification of Germany and therefor partly recorded in the Hansa Studios in the city of #Berlin?

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Happy 42nd birthday to 'Jazz', the 7th studio album by @QueenWillRock, released #onthisday in 1978.

#DidYouKnow that the album artwork was inspired by a similar design that @OfficialRMT saw on the Berlin Wall? #Queen #Jazz #Jazz42 #RogerTaylor #Berlin #BerlinWall

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📆 #OnThisDay in 1974 @QueenWillRock released their 3rd studio album 'Sheer Heart Attack'.

#DidYouKnow that the album contains the first #Queen song written by John Deacon ('Misfire')? That means #SheerHeartAttack is the first album with contributions from all Queen members.

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📆 #OnThisDay #OTD in 1995 @QueenWillRock released their 15th studio album 'Made In Heaven'.

#DidYouKnow that the last track on the album (untitled or '13') runs for 22 minutes and 32 seconds, which (in years) is the equivalent of the time that #Queen were together as a band?

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📆 #OnThisDay #OTD in 1977 @QueenWillRock released their 6th studio album 'News Of The World'.

#DidYouKnow that #Queen recorded this album at Wessex Studios at the same time the Sex Pistols were recording their album 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols'?

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📆 #OnThisDay in 1980 #U2 released their debut album #Boy feat. the singles 'A Day Without Me' and 'I Will Follow'.

#DidYouKnow that the boy pictured on the album cover is Peter Rowen (📷 3) who is now a famous Irish photographer? He also features on U2's 3rd album 'War' (1983).

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📆 #OTD #OnThisDay in 1999 @MelanieCmusic released her debut album #NorthernStar, featuring the singles 'Goin' Down', 'Northern Star', 'Never Be The Same Again', 'I Turn To You' and 'If That Were Me'.

Happy 21st birthday, 'Northern Star'! 🎉 #MelanieC #MelC #MelanieChisholm

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David Knopfler was even cut off from the picture on the 'Tunnel of Love' single sleeve! #MakingMovies40 #DireStraits #MarkKnopfler

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📆 Happy 40th birthday to #MakingMovies, the 3rd studio album by @DireStraits77, released #onthisday in 1980.

#DidYouKnow that David Knopfler left #DireStraits during the recording sessions and Mark re-recorded all his guitar parts leaving him uncredited without any royalties?

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@BeerboySteve @DireStraits77 Great comment! And you're absolutely right. 👌

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Happy 42nd birthday to #DireStraits, the debut studio album by @DireStraits77, released #onthisday in 1978.

#DidYouKnow that the final guitar solo in 'Sultans of Swing' was omitted from the original album release and was restored on the remastered version of the album?

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📆 #onthisday in 1989 #KateBush released her 6th studioalbum #TheSensualWorld.

#DidYouKnow that while the original LP tracklisting (📷 2) ended with the song 'This Woman's World' the song 'Walk Straight Down the Middle' was included as a bonus track on the CD (📷 3)?

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📆 #onthisday in 1977 @DavidBowieReal released his 12th studioalbum '"Heroes'".

#DidYouKnow that #Heroes is the only album of the Berlin Trilogy that was wholly written, recorded and released during #DavidBowie's time as a resident of Berlin? #BowieForever

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📅 #OTD #onthisday in 1990 @thecharlatans released their debut studio album #SomeFriendly.

#DidYouKnow that their signature song 'The Only One I Know' was left off early versions of the album because of the band's wish to release great non-album singles just like The Clash?

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Happy 21st birthday to #Hours, the 21st studio album by #DavidBowie, released #onthisday in 1999.

#DidYouKnow that the majority of the songs on 'Hours...' started out as songs written for the soundtrack for the adventure video game 'Omikron: The Nomad Soul'?

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Happy 25th birthday to #WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory, the 2nd studio album by #Oasis, released #onthisday in 1995.

#DidYouKnow that the two men on the front album cover are not Liam and Noel Gallagher but in fact designer Brian Cannon and the London DJ Sean Rowley? #MorningGlory25