Today’s Milestones: Styx and Janet Jackson

Paradise TheatreJanuary 19, 1981: The tenth studio album by Styx, Paradise Theater, is released, and would feature two singles: “The Best of Times” and “Too Much Time on my Hands.”  The album was recorded at Pumpkin Studios by its owner, engineer/producer Gary Loizzo (formerly of American Breed) who unfortunately passed away within the past week.

January 19, 1991: Janet Jackson’s single “Love Will Never Do (Without You)” hits #1 on the Billboard chart, the fourth of her singles to do so.  Like the others, this one was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Bonus: Herb Alpert makes a guest appearance on trumpet.  This appears on the album Rhythm Nation 1814.