ZZ Top releases "Gimme All Your Lovin'" video 1983

ZZ Top released the video for Gimme All Your Lovin' May 21, 1983, broadcasting it on MTV.  It was the first single from their super-successful album Eliminator.  It was also the first appearance of Billy Gibbon's 1933 Ford Hot Rod. The car appeared in three more videos, making it almost synonymous with the band. 

The single reached #37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the UK Singles Chart.

Daryl Hall & John Oates "Private Eyes" reaches #1 1981

Daryl Hall & John Oates single Private Eyes from their studio album of the same name reached #1 November 7, 1981.  It was the first single from their tenth studio album.  It stayed at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks.  

It was one of their first songs to get heavy rotation on MTV.

The Fixx releases "Shuttered Room" 1982

The Fixx, a new wave band from Great Britain, released their debut album Shuttered Room in August 1982.  It had previously been released in England in May of that year.

It generated two singles, the first of which, Stand or Fall reached #7 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock charts, but only #76 on Billboard's Hot 100.  The second single Red Skies reached #13 on the Mainstream Rock charts.

I'm a little surprised this album didn't do better, because I really like their sound, and they got a lot of airplay on MTV.  I actually heard them as the background music of a commercial I just saw.  Weird!

Happy birthday, Iceman actor Shawn Ashmore!

Shawn Ashmore, born October 7, 1979 in British Columbia, Canada, is probably best known for his portrayal of Bobby Drake/Iceman in four of the X-Men movies: X-Men, X2, X-Men: Last Stand, and X-Men: Days of Future Past.  Shawn won an MTV Movie Award for his performance in X2.  

He is one minute younger than his twin brother Aaron who is also an actor.