HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRUCE DICKINSON

Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, songwriter, and musician who is best known as lead vocalist for the iconic heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. Some of their all-time classic hits include “The Trooper”, “Fear of the Dark”, and today’s song choice (that can be listened to by clicking on the provided link).

In 2011, Dickinson’s powerful (and operatic) vocals helped Iron Maiden to win the Grammy Award for “Best Metal Performance”.

On this very day, August 7th 1958, Paul Bruce Dickinson was born in Nottinghamshire, England. In celebration of his birthday, exactly 66 years ago today, I’ve chosen a track that Rolling Stone magazine ranked (at #10) on their list of the “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs”. Taken from the album, “Number of the Beast”, here’s Iron Maiden featuring today’s birthday boy, BRUCE DICKINSON, with “RUN TO THE HILLS”….