TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 11/01/1894
WE’RE GOING WAAAAAAY BACK TODAY:...
Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves (1976) (www.youtube.com)
Jericho Jones - Black Magic (1959) (m.youtube.com)
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London (1978) (m.youtube.com)
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon (1983) (m.youtube.com)
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare (1975) (youtu.be)
Foo Fighters - Everlong (1997; Official HD Video) (www.youtube.com)
Curved Air - Back Street Luv (1971) (www.youtube.com)
This was a fixture on the jukebox of the biker’s pub in which I mis-spent my teenage years....
Desmond Dekker and The Aces - "Israelites" (1968) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/31/1975 (youtu.be)
Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was released as a single. It would stay on the chart for seventeen weeks, nine of them at number one and would eventually go Platinum. The song would be re-released in December, 1991 after being featured in the movie Wayne’s World and became a hit all over again.
Donovan - Season Of The Witch (1966) (m.youtube.com)
Ramones - Pet Sematary (1986) (m.youtube.com)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) (m.youtube.com)
Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (1956) (m.youtube.com)
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash (1962) (m.youtube.com)
Oct 30, 1971 -- Release of Pink Floyd's sixth album 'Meddle' (www.youtube.com)
The album makes it to #3 in the UK … but stalls at #70 in the US. Never heard it? Maybe today’s a good day to give it a listen. Still trippy! (Holland: #2)