Anniversaries

Whiskey, tight pants and flubbed lines all played a part.

Multiplatinum 1973 album elevated him from star to icon.

'They're All Gonna Laugh at You!' featured far more adult-oriented humor than his onscreen fare.

Quartet called it quits as frontman's star was on the rise.

"I didn’t think he was going to do anything that good," bandmate Paul Stanley admitted.

Kiss star admitted he "basked in the drama" on the 1978 LP.

American DJs regularly stumbled over the title of this Top 20 single.

Simmons left his demonic persona behind in favor of hosting an all-star, genre-hopping party.

Simultaneously released debuts "probably put the final nail in the coffin of the band," he later concluded.

Hint: It wasn't Nile Rodgers.

Spoiler: Cyndi Lauper's big hit wasn't written by a girl.

"Wow, this is a hit."