TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 09/13/1969 (youtube.com)
John Lennon put a band together for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival Concert in Toronto, Canada that included Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman (bass player from Manfred Mann) and drummer Alan White (who would later join Yes). Also on the bill were Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Gene Vincent, Alice Cooper and The Doors. The concert would...
The Action - Come Around (1967) (www.youtube.com)
The Osmonds - Crazy Horses [1972] (www.youtube.com)
Cheap Trick – Hot Love (1977) (youtu.be)
Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy (1964) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 09/12/1955 (youtu.be)
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins re-records his 1955 song, “I Put A Spell On You” for Columbia’s Okeh Records. Hawkins would later admit that both he and the entire band were intoxicated during the session. Despite being banned from most radio stations for its outrageous style, the record nevertheless sells over a million copies...
Pixies - Debaser (1989) (youtu.be)
The Stooges – No Fun (1969) (youtu.be)
Danzig – Long Way Back From Hell (1990) (youtu.be)
Metallica – Hit the Lights (1983) (youtu.be)
Sevendust – Live Again (2001) (youtu.be)
The Beatles – Happiness is a Warm Gun (1968) (youtu.be)
The Smiths - Still Ill (1984) (youtu.be)
The Animals – Around and Around (1964) (youtu.be)
Rainbow – Stargazer (1976) (youtu.be)
Duran Duran - New Religion (1982) (youtu.be)
Led Zeppelin – Achilles Last Stand (1976) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 09/10/1955 (youtu.be)
Chuck Berry’s first hit, “Maybellene”, reaches its peak chart position of #5 on the Billboard Top 100. When Berry first brought the song to Leonard Chess, it was called “Ida May”, which the record company owner thought was “too rural.” Spying a box of mascara on the floor of the studio, Chess said, “Well, hell,...
Huey Lewis and the News - The Power Of Love (1986) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 09/09/1971, 1972, 1978
1971 - John Lennon’s “Imagine” LP is released. It would reach #1 on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named “Imagine” as #76 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time....