The Eagles - Take It Easy (1972) (m.youtube.com)
Old Time Rock And Roll (1978; Remastered 2011) (www.youtube.com)
Kansas - Windows (1982) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 11/08/1986 (youtu.be)
After “More Than A Feeling” reached number five (1976) and “Don’t Look Back” made it to number four (1978), Boston finally scored their first and only number one single with “Amanda”.
Electric Light Orchestra - Rockaria! (1976) (www.youtube.com)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee (1996) (youtu.be)
The Band - Chest Fever (1968) (www.youtube.com)
Bob Dylan - Hurricane (1976) (youtu.be)
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969) (m.youtube.com)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Cold Shot (1984) (www.youtube.com)
Rammstein - Engel (1997) (www.youtube.com)
Y and T - 25 Hours a Day (1976) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 11/07/1988 (youtu.be)
After using his guitar in court to show a jury how several hit songs have contained the same short series of notes, John Fogerty was found not guilty of plagiarizing his own record, “Run Through the Jungle” when he wrote “The Old Man Down The Road”. His former record label, Fantasy Records, had brought about the suit...
The Kinks - Father Christmas (1977) (youtu.be)
Def Leppard - Me and My Wine (1981) (www.youtube.com)
John Lennon - Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) (1974; Remastered 2010) (www.youtube.com)
UB40 - The Way You Do the Things You Do (1989) (m.youtube.com)
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (1972) (www.youtube.com)
Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven (1989) (m.youtube.com)
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun (1983) (m.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 11/06/1965 (youtu.be)
After the success of “Satisfaction”, The Rolling Stones top the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time with “Get Off of My Cloud”. Keith Richards would later say, “I never dug it as a record. The chorus was a nice idea, but we rushed it as the follow-up.”