AC/DC unleashed  For Those About to Rock on this day in 1981. Back In Black  shattered all sorts of records and put the Down Under band into the top ranks of the world's biggest touring bands the previous year, but  multi-week runs in the top spot by the Rolling Stones (Emotional Rescue), Queen (The Game), Bruce Springsteen (The River) and John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Double Fantasy) prevented Brian Johnson's debut album with the group from becoming the group's first #1 album in the US.  For Those About to Rock secure the top spot on the final week of 1981.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on November 23 include...

1954 Bruce Hornsby born.

1962 The Beatles audition for a BBC performance but get turned down.

1964 The Beatles Story released in US.

1964 BBC bans the Rolling Stones after the group shows up late for the second time.

1968 Led Zeppelin's contract with Atlantic Records firms up.

1972 Filming of Bob Dylan for Pat Garrett movie begins in Durango, Mexico.

1974 Gary Wright leaves Spooky Tooth.

1976 Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested outside Graceland carrying a gun and demanding to see Elvis.

1989 Paul McCartney does his first US concert in 13 years at the LA Forum.

1995 Junior Walker dies of cancer.

1999 Metallica releases S&M.

2009 Eric Clapton plays a Swiss children’s charity event. Autographed guitar raises $150,000.

2009 Genesis Movie Box set released.

2012 Guns N' Roses releases Chinese Democracy...