Sting wins three Grammy Awards 1994

Sting took home the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male for his recording of If I Ever Lose My Faith In You, at the 36th ceremony March 1, 1994.  It was the lead single from is album Ten Summoner's Tales, which won for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (Hugh Padgham) and Best Music Video, Long Form.

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.  Ten Summoner's Tales was nominated for Album of the Year.

Sting was also nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo for Demolition Man.

Billy Joel was nominated for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male  for the River of Dreams.

Michael Jackson releases "Thriller" 1984

Michael Jackson released his sixth studio album Thriller, November 30, 1982.  It became Jackson's first #1 album on the Billboard Top LPs and Tapes chart, spending a record 37 weeks.  It produced seven singles that reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.  

It won a record eight Grammys in February 1984: Album of the Year; Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male; Best Engineered Recording, Non-classical; Producer of the Year (Non-classical).  

Beat It won Record of the Year. Billie Jean won Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male; and Best Rhythm & Blues Song.

Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, with 66 million copies world-wide and has been certified 33x platinum in the US.  The album has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant recordings." 

Sting releases "Ten Summoner's Tales" 1993

Sting released his fourth studio album Ten Summoner's Tales March 9, 1993, the title of which is a play on his name of Sumner and the summoner from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Cantebury Tales.  It generated two hit singles, If I Ever Lose My Faith In You and Fields of Gold.

In 1994, the album won two Grammys: Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical; and Best Music Video, Long Form.  It was nominated for Album of the Year.  If I Ever Lose My Faith In You won Best Pop V ocal Performance, Male and was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Billy Joel releases "52nd Street" 1978

My main man Billy Joel released his sixth studio album 52nd Street, October 12, 1978.  The album generated 3 Top 40 hits: My Life, Big Shot and Honesty.  It won two Grammys in 1979, Album of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Performance Male.  It has gone 7 x platinum.

I think Until The Night  is  one of the best love songs ever.

Happy birthday, Sting!

Sting, also known as Gordon Sumner, was born October 2, 1951!  He was the lead singer of "The Police" until 1984, when he began his solo career. 

His album "Brand New Day", which features "Desert Rose" (one of my all-time favorites), won the 2000 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album.