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I found out today that the 50th anniversary was earlier this year
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I found out today that the 50th anniversary was earlier this year
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...
43 year old Peter Tosh, the guitarist in the original Wailing Wailers with Bob Marley, was brutally murdered at his Jamaican home. Though robbery was officially said to be the reason behind Tosh’s death, many believe that there were ulterior motives to the killing, citing that nothing was taken from the house
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,...
I’ve been sitting inside of a plane, on the tarmac, for the past 2 hours. This song popped into my head and now I’m sharing with all of you!
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....