Love It to Death is the third studio album by the American rock band Alice Cooper (pictured), released in March 1971. The band took the name Alice Cooper in 1968 and became known for its outrageous theatrical live shows, but its first two albums failed to find an audience. In 1970 the band's single "I'm Eighteen" achieved top-forty success, peaking at No. 21 in the US and No. 7 in Canada. This convinced Warner Bros. that Alice Cooper had the commercial potential to release an album. Love It to Death reached No. 35 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and has since been certified platinum. In addition to "I'm Eighteen", a second track from the album, "Caught in a Dream", was released as a single and charted at No. 94 in the US. The album is seen as a foundational influence on hard rock, punk, and heavy metal. Several tracks have become live Alice Cooper standards and are frequently covered by other bands.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1852:
The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital
1914:
The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertie_the_Dinosaur
1990:
NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the iconic Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth at a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot
2011:
Arab Spring: A "Day of Rage" marked the beginning of the Bahraini uprising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahraini_uprising_of_2011
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
love interest: 1. Especially of a character in film or literature: one who is of interest as a (potential) partner in love. 2. A romantic relationship; a romance. 3. (film, literature, specifically) A romantic plot or subplot in a film or book. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/love_interest
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
We that are true lovers run into strange capers; but as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature in love mortal in folly. --As You Like It https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/As_You_Like_It