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J. J. Cale - Cocaine (1976) (www.youtube.com)

Rush - Closer To The Heart (1977) (m.youtube.com)

This is dedicated to everyone here on !ClassicRock, with each post, with each comment you come closer to my heart....

TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY -10/11/1975 (youtu.be)

Janis Ian performs “At Seventeen” on the very first broadcast of NBC-TV’s Saturday Night Live, hosted by George Carlin. Billy Preston is also on the program, where he sings “Nothing From Nothing”.

Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love (1986) (m.youtube.com)

Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (1972) (youtu.be)

Pushing the fringes of R&B/Soul, but in fairness there’s no Rock and Roll with out rhythm, blues and soul

Squeeze - Tempted (1981) (m.youtube.com)

Scrapper Blackwell - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (youtu.be)

Tom Waits - Burma Shave (1977) (www.youtube.com)

I wasn’t into Tom Waits at the time this was released. Punk rock was happening and there was no way I was going to be listening to some old guy (he was under 30 but seemed much older) singing piano ballads....

The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (m.youtube.com)

Ace Frehley - Back In The New York Groove (1978) (m.youtube.com)

Heart - Never (1985) (m.youtube.com)

Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (1971) (youtu.be)

John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (Live, 1969) (youtu.be)

TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/10/1969 (youtu.be)

The English Rock band King Crimson release their debut album, “In the Court of the Crimson King”. Considered by some to be the first Progressive Rock LP, it would reach #5 on the UK Official Albums Chart and #28 on the Billboard 200. The album would later be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for...

The Cramps - She Said (1983) (youtube.com)

TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/09/1969 (youtu.be)

A and M Records releases The Carpenters’ debut album, “Offering”. The LP, which will only reach #150 on the Billboard 200 chart, includes the duo’s first single, a cover of The Beatles’ “Ticket To Ride”. That song would peak at #54 on the Billboard Hot 100. After The Carpenters’ break-through, the album would be...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain, Children (youtu.be)

Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny (1981) (www.youtube.com)

TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/08/1957 (youtu.be)

As a follow-up to his six million seller, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”, Jerry Lee Lewis records his biggest hit, “Great Balls of Fire” at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. When released a month later it will sell over a million copies in the first ten days, eventually selling five million more. The...