Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (youtu.be)
The Police - Synchronicity II (youtu.be)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - From The Beginning (youtu.be)
David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb (Live, Pompeii 2016) (youtu.be)
Roger Waters - Pigs (Three Different Ones) (Live, Mexico 2016) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/04/1964 (youtu.be)
The Kinks release the single, “You Really Got Me” in the U.K. The first Heavy Metal record?
The Who - Baba O'Riley [Rock] (1971) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/03/1973 (youtu.be)
Stevie Wonder releases his 16th studio album, “Innervisions.” The set is known for the tracks “Higher Ground,” “Living For The City” and “Don’t You Worry 'Bout A Thing.”
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Live On MTV Unplugged) (www.youtube.com)
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Pearl Jam - Alive (MTV Unplugged) (www.youtube.com)
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Alice In Chains - Rooster (From MTV Unplugged) (www.youtube.com)
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TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 08/01/1971 (youtu.be)
George Harrison kicks off the concerts for Bangladesh....
Genesis - Land of Confusion (1986) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/31/1981 (youtu.be)
Journey unfurls “Escape,” stylized as E5C4P3 on the album cover. The band’s seventh album, known for the songs “Who’s Crying Now,” “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Open Arms” and “Still They Ride” tops the Billboard 200 (two months after its release) on its way to selling over ten-million copies.
Grateful Dead - Box of Rain (youtu.be)
Tom Waits - Sins of My Father (www.youtube.com)
Aerosmith - Eat the Rich (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/29/1953 (Part 2) (youtu.be)
New World Man. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib in Toronto, Ontario) has a birthday. He’s the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for Rush.
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/29/1967 (Part 1) (youtu.be)
The Doors earn their first #1 on the Billboard pop chart when the original seven-minute album version of “Light My Fire” gets edited to a more AM radio-friendly three-minutes.
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/28/1972 (youtu.be)
“Hey, Dudes, where are ya?!”...
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/27/1984 (youtu.be)
“Ride The Lightning,” Metallica’s second studio album, released. It takes three years for the effort go gold (500,000 units) but it eventually sells over six-million copies.
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/26/1943 (youtu.be)
Rolling Stones’ Michael Phillip Jagger, otherwise known as “Mick,” is born in Dartford, Kent.
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/25/1980 (youtu.be)
“Back In Black” is released. AC/DC’s seventh studio album is their first with singer Brian Johnson who replaced the deceased Bon Scott. It was recorded in the Bahamas and mixed in New York City with producer Robert “Mutt” Lange, who had worked on the group’s breakthrough album “Highway To Hell.”
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 07/24/1967 (youtu.be)
The Beatles meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whose lecture on Transcendental Meditation ™ they had gone to hear at the Hilton Hotel in London. TM involved the silent repetition of a word or sound to produce a state of mind that reduces stress, calms the mind, and energizes both mind and body. The Maharishi invited The Beatles to...