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Birthdays
October 5, 1947: AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson is born. January 6, 1953: Malcolm Young, rhythm guitarist for AC/DC, is born. March 31, 1959: Angus Young, lead guitarist for AC/DC, is born. July 6, 1946: AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott is born. -
Fisrt show
Scottish-born brothers Angus and Malcolm Young perform their first show. The show was performed at a Sydney, Australia nightclub -
First single
Ac /DC’s first British single rock and roll damnation. The song reached the music chart as number #24 -
A sad death
Bon Scott, original vocalist for AC/DC, dies in London. Asphyxiation KILLED HIM after an all-night drinking party. He is replaced in April by Brian Johnson. -
Black in Black
AC/DC’s Back in Black enters the Billboard chart for what will be a 131-week run. The album had sold 19 million copies in the U.S. -
Hitting the charts
As AC/DC’s new song “You Shook Me All Night Long” becomes a hit song. Also hits the U.S. TOP FORTY hits -
Hitting America
“Money talks,” AC/DC’s biggest American hit, enters the Top Forty, where it will reach at #23. It’s from the album The Razors Edge, released in September. -
New releases
AC/DC releases Ballbreaker, their first studio album in five years. It marks the return of drummer Phil Rudd, who’d last played with them on 1985’s Fly on the Wall. -
Stornger than you
Stiff Upper Lip the album is released. Their first in five years is among the strongest albums of their career. -
Rock and Roll fame
AC/DC is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At the eighteenth annual induction dinner Steven Tyler of Aerosmith introduced AC/DC for their award
