HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE ELLIOTT

Joe Elliott is an English singer and songwriter who is best known as lead vocalist for the rock band, Def Leppard. His distinctive voice and songwriting contributions played an instrumental part of the band’s success, recording hit singles like “Photograph”, “Rock of Ages”, “Love Bites”, and today’s song choice (that can be listened to by clicking on the provided link).

In 2019, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (alongside other members of Def Leppard), recognizing the band’s significant contributions to the rock genre.

On this very day, August 1st 1959, Joseph Thomas Elliott was born in Yorkshire, England. In celebration of his birthday, exactly 65 years ago today, I’ve chosen a track that VH1 ranked (at #2) on their list of the “100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s”. Taken from the album, “Hysteria”, here’s Def Leppard alongside today’s birthday boy, JOE ELLIOTT, with “POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME”….