In 1990, “MTV Unplugged” debuted. What was the first show’s headliner?

Answer: Squeeze

Here’s the rest of today’s Rock N’ Roll Diary!

• 1966: George Harrison weds Patty Boyd, an actress he met while filming A Hard Day’s Night. She left him in 1974, they divorced in ’77 and in ’79 she married Eric Clapton…
• 1974: Bob Dylan is invited to the Governor’s Mansion with future President Jimmy Carter and son Chip after a concert in Atlanta.
• 1982: The Cars album Shake It Up is certified platinum.
• 1987: Roy Orbison and Bruce Springsteen sing “Oh Pretty Woman” at Roy’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
• 1988: Promoter trade magazine Pollstar names U2 the biggest live attraction in the United States. Ironically, it would be another four years before U2 returned to America.