Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 11/05/1970 (youtu.be)
Atlantic Records releases Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song”. It would rise to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and be ranked at #18 on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time” list in March, 2023. Although it made the Top Ten in eight other countries, the song did not chart in the UK.
Patti Smith - Free Money (1975) (www.youtube.com)
Cinderella - Nothin' For Nothin' (1986) (www.youtube.com)
Pere Ubu - Woolie Boolie (1998) (www.youtube.com)
David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (youtu.be)
Night Ranger - [You Can Still] Rock In America (1983) (www.youtube.com)
Love - A House Is Not a Motel (1967) (www.youtube.com)
James Gang - Ashes the Rain and I (1970) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 11/04/1989
Elton John became only the third artist in history to put 50 hit records on the UK charts. His first was “Your Song” in 1971 and the fiftieth was “Sacrifice”. The first two artists with 50 hits were Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard.
Billy Squier - The Stroke (1981) (www.youtube.com)
Steely Dan - Dirty Work (1972) (m.youtube.com)
The Kind - Loved By You (1982) (www.youtube.com)
From a Chicago-area band that got semi-regular airplay on Chicago radio stations.
The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (1967) (youtu.be)
Nancy Wilson demonstrates the intro to Crazy on You (youtu.be)
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream (1972) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 11/03/1967 (youtu.be)
Pink Floyd make their US debut at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The tour will come to an early end when Syd Barrett displays increasingly strange behavior, refusing to lip sync to “Arnold Layne” on American Bandstand and refusing to answer questions on The Pat Boone Show.
Aldo Nova - Fantasy (1982) (www.youtube.com)
Taj Mahal - Leaving Trunk (1967) (m.youtube.com)
Buffalo Springfield - Mr. Soul (1967) (m.youtube.com)
The Specials - Gangsters (1979) (www.youtube.com)
Don’t call me Scarface!
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 11/02/1973 (youtube.com)
Apple Records releases Ringo Starr’s third album, “Ringo”. Featuring the singles, “Photograph”, (US #1, UK #8), “You’re Sixteen” (US #1, UK #4), “Oh My My” (US #5) and “It Don’t Come Easy” (US #4, UK #4), the LP would reach #1 in Canada, #7 in the UK, and #2 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Lita Ford - Playin' with Fire (1991) (www.youtube.com)
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs Tears (1986) (www.youtube.com)
When the world falls apart some things stay in place.